Secunia Weekly Summary - Issue: 2011-11

2011-03-18 07:42

======================================================================== The Secunia Weekly Advisory Summary 2011-03-10 - 2011-03-17 This week: 67 advisories ======================================================================== Table of Contents: 1.....................................................Word From Secunia 2....................................................This Week In Brief 3...............................This Weeks Top Ten Most Read Advisories 4................................................Secunia Community News 5................................................Secunia Corporate News 6..................................................This Week in Numbers ======================================================================== 1) Word From Secunia: "Based on what you've seen in the field, how important is vulnerability management in the overall security architecture? Why do you think some companies still think it's not that important and shift all the blame onto software developers?" This is one of the questions that InSecure Magazine posed to Stefan Frei, Secunia's Research Analyst Director in its April Q&A interview on the subject of security research and Vulnerability Management. Read more: http://secunia.com/company/blog_news/articles/193/ ======================================================================== 2) This Week in Brief: Windows Applications Insecure Library Loading The Official, Verified Secunia List: http://secunia.com/advisories/windows_insecure_library_loading/ The list is continuously updated as we confirm vulnerability reports, remember to check back regularly to see if any of your programs are affected. -- A vulnerability has been reported in Adobe Flash Player, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system. Read more: http://secunia.com/advisories/43751/ -- A vulnerability has been reported in Google Chrome, which can be exploited by malicious people to potentially compromise a user's system. Read more: http://secunia.com/advisories/43748/ ======================================================================== 3) This Weeks Top Ten Most Read Advisories: For more information on how to receive alerts on these vulnerabilities, subscribe to the Secunia business solutions: http://secunia.com/advisories/business_solutions/ 1. [SA43751] Adobe Flash Player Unspecified Code Execution Vulnerability 2. [SA43683] Google Chrome Multiple Vulnerabilities 3. [SA43262] Sun Java JDK / JRE / SDK Multiple Vulnerabilities 4. [SA43267] Adobe Flash Player Multiple Vulnerabilities 5. [SA43748] Google Chrome Style Handling Memory Corruption Vulnerability 6. [SA43696] Apple Safari Multiple Vulnerabilities 7. [SA43772] Adobe Reader/Acrobat authplay.dll Unspecified Code Execution Vulnerability 8. [SA43628] Microsoft Windows Remote Desktop Client Insecure Library Loading Vulnerability 9. [SA35967] Microsoft Visual Studio Active Template Library Three Vulnerabilities 10. [SA43757] Google Chrome Flash Player Unspecified Code Execution Vulnerability ======================================================================== 4) Secunia Community News Videos: Bank Info Security interviewed Thomas Kristensen, Secunia's CSO about the timely updating of vulnerable programs and why securing end-points is important for both consumers and companies. Watch the video here: http://www.bankinfosecurity.com/rsa2011video/kristensen.html Patch Tuesday webinars: For March Microsoft noted that there were only 3 patches for 4 vulnerabilities. However all vulnerabilities were highly critical and consistent exploit code was likely according to Microsoft. Read more: http://www.youtube.com/user/Secunia#p/a/u/0/F2Hi3ag2dMM Vulnerability management: Keep your private end-points secure against vulnerabilities for free by using the Secunia PSI or the Secunia OSI: http://secunia.com/products/consumer/ ======================================================================== 5) Secunia Corporate News Events: Secunia will be exhibiting at this year's Microsoft Management Summit (MMS) in Las Vegas, USA (21-25 March). Read more: http://secunia.com/company/events/mms_2011/ Microsoft WSUS: Easy patching of third-party programs is now possible with Microsoft WSUS. Read more: http://secunia.com/products/corporate/CSI/landing/helpnet/wsus ======================================================================== 6) This Week in Numbers During the past week 67 Secunia Advisories have been released. All Secunia customers have received immediate notification on the alerts that affect their business. This weeks Secunia Advisories had the following spread across platforms and criticality ratings: Platforms: Windows : 7 Secunia Advisories Unix/Linux : 35 Secunia Advisories Other : 2 Secunia Advisories Cross platform : 23 Secunia Advisories Criticality Ratings: Extremely Critical : 2 Secunia Advisories Highly Critical : 15 Secunia Advisories Moderately Critical : 27 Secunia Advisories Less Critical : 12 Secunia Advisories Not Critical : 11 Secunia Advisories ======================================================================== Secunia recommends that you verify all advisories you receive, by clicking the link. Secunia NEVER sends attached files with advisories. Secunia does not advise people to install third party patches, only use those supplied by the vendor. Definitions: (Criticality, Where etc.) http://secunia.com/advisories/about_secunia_advisories/ Subscribe: http://secunia.com/advisories/weekly_summary/ Contact details: Web : http://secunia.com/ E-mail : support () secunia com Tel : +45 70 20 51 44 Fax : +45 70 20 51 45 ___________________________________________________________ Tegatai Managed Colocation: Four Provider Blended Tier-1 Bandwidth, Fortinet Universal Threat Management, Natural Disaster Avoidance, Always-On Power Delivery Network, Cisco Switches, SAS 70 Type II Datacenter. Find peace of mind, Defend your Critical Infrastructure. http://www.tegataiphoenix.com/

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