SonicWALL Vulnerability Team Acts at Lightning Speed to Secure Users Against Remote Code Execution Hole in Internet Explorer
27 March 2006
Following the identification of a code execution hole in Microsoft(TM) Internet Explorer, SonicWALL, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNWL) has issued signatures to protect users of its Internet threat prevention technology from the vulnerability.
Defined as "highly critical," the flaw in the Internet Explorer application could allow remote attackers to exploit the issue, for example by crashing affected browsers, taking control of the affected machine remotely to use for spam or phishing, stealing data, or using the computer to attack others. SonicWALL today created two Intrusion Prevention signatures (SID:3158 and SID:3159) to detect and prevent this function.
"These signatures have been automatically downloaded to users of our threat prevention services to protect them from the code execution hole," said Boris Yanovsky, vice president of security services and applications at SonicWALL. "No action is required by our users. Microsoft has yet to release a patch for this vulnerability and a Proof of Concept Exploit is circulating in the wild."
SonicWALL, named the leader in Unified Threat Management (UTM) security appliances worldwide for the third consecutive quarter, according to IDC's Worldwide Q3 Security Appliance Tracker, December 2005, delivers zero day gateway anti-virus and intrusion prevention signatures to its subscribers on a continual basis, to defend against new and existing Internet attacks and exploit.
Further information on the exploit is available at: http://software.sonicwall.com/applications/ips/index.asp?ev=sig&sigid=3158
About SonicWALL, Inc.
Founded in 1991, SonicWALL, Inc. designs, develops and manufactures comprehensive network security, secure remote access, email security and continuous data protection solutions. SonicWALL is a recognized global leader in the small and medium business markets and its solutions are deployed in distributed enterprise environments, government, retail point-of-sale and healthcare segments as well as through service providers. For more information, contact SonicWALL at +1 (408) 745-9600 or visit the company web site at http://www.sonicwall.com/ .
Safe Harbor Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements in this press release are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The forward-looking statements include but are not limited to statements regarding our ability to protect users from the Microsoft Internet Explorer remote code execution exploit and our ability to launch day zero gateway anti- virus and intrusion prevention to users to defend against attacks. These forward-looking statements are based on the opinions and estimates of management at the time the statements are made and are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated in the forward-looking statements. In addition, please see the "Risk Factors" described in our Securities and Exchange Commission filings, including our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005, for a more detailed description of the risks facing our business. All forward-looking statements included in this release are based upon information available to SonicWALL as of the date of the release, and we assume no obligation to update any such forward-looking statement. All forward-looking statements included in this release are based upon information available to SonicWALL as of the date of the release, and we assume no obligation to update any such forward-looking statement.
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Source: prnewswire
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