Security News > 2011 > May > Secunia Weekly Summary - Issue: 2011-20
======================================================================== The Secunia Weekly Advisory Summary 2011-05-12 - 2011-05-19 This week: 45 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: Infosecurity UK: Secunia updates free software update security utility "Transparency, control, and prevention through risk management are critical elements. In turn, risk management would be incomplete without considering information system security, and in order to reliably assess and address associated risks and threats, a process that maps the entire lifecycle is vital." Brian Birkvald, Security Partner Director, Secunia. Read more: http://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/view/17706/secunia-updates-free-software-update-security-utility-/ ======================================================================== 2) This Week in Brief: A vulnerability has been reported in Opera, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system. http://secunia.com/advisories/44611/ -- Alexander Gavrun has discovered a vulnerability in Winamp, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system. http://secunia.com/advisories/44600/ -- Some vulnerabilities have been reported in Adobe Audition, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system. http://secunia.com/advisories/44588/ -- Multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in Adobe Flash Player, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose potentially sensitive information and compromise a user's system. http://secunia.com/advisories/44590/ ======================================================================== 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. [SA44590] Adobe Flash Player Multiple Vulnerabilities 2. [SA44591] Google Chrome Multiple Vulnerabilities 3. [SA44119] Adobe Flash Player SharedObject Type Confusion Vulnerability 4. [SA44537] Microsoft Office PowerPoint Two Vulnerabilities 5. [SA44153] Microsoft Internet Explorer Multiple Vulnerabilities 6. [SA44539] Microsoft Office for Mac Presentation File Parsing Memory Corruption Vulnerability 7. [SA44538] Microsoft Windows WINS Service Failed Response Data Reuse Vulnerability 8. [SA44574] Apache HTTP Server APR "apr_fnmatch()" Denial of Service Vulnerability 9. [SA44406] Mozilla Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities 10. [SA44490] Apache APR "apr_fnmatch()" Pattern Processing Denial of Service Vulnerability ======================================================================== 4) Secunia Community News Webinar: Key messages from Microsoft Patch Tuesday, May 2011 Listen to Stefan Frei, Secunia's Research Analyst Director summarise the important updates for this month. Access Secunia's free webinar: http://www.youtube.com/user/Secunia#p/a/u/0/djTSWwu00y0 Event: 23rd Annual FIRST Conference, 12-17 June, Hilton Vienna, Austria If you are attending FIRST this year, come and join Secunia to discuss your vulnerability management needs - ask us the questions that you need answered. Read more here: http://conference.first.org/ ======================================================================== 5) Secunia Corporate News Interested in taking pre-emptive action against vulnerabilities? The Secunia Vulnerability Manager (VIM) enables you to strategize your handling of emerging threats. Watch this video for a quick solution overview: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80aF0DLXzZg ======================================================================== 6) This Week in Numbers During the past week 45 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 : 15 Secunia Advisories Other : 0 Secunia Advisories Cross platform : 23 Secunia Advisories Criticality Ratings: Extremely Critical : 0 Secunia Advisories Highly Critical : 11 Secunia Advisories Moderately Critical : 10 Secunia Advisories Less Critical : 20 Secunia Advisories Not Critical : 4 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. 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