Secunia Weekly Summary - Issue: 2011-34

2011-08-29 09:26

======================================================================== The Secunia Weekly Advisory Summary 2011-08-18 - 2011-08-25 This week: 35 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: Less than 1 week left to test the new Secunia CSI 5.0 beta for free Find out why the University of Oxford ??? a Secunia CSI customer ??? says, "We are running the Secunia CSI Agent on our laptops and user controlled desktops, as well as the usual centrally managed systems." Around 4,000 beta testers have been trying the new Secunia CSI's scan agent for Apple Mac OS X, flexible packages for patching & configuring hosts, and integration with the Secunia PSI for managing the security of off-site assets, before final release. Access the Secunia CSI 5.0 beta here: http://secunia.com/products/corporate/CSI/beta_trial/ Share your feedback on our community forums here: http://secunia.com/community/forum/ ======================================================================== 2) This Week in Brief: Anil Aphale has reported a vulnerability in the F-Secure Gadget Resource Handler ActiveX Control, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system. http://secunia.com/advisories/45740/ -- A vulnerability has been reported in HP Easy Printer Care Software, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user' system. http://secunia.com/advisories/45676/ -- A vulnerability has been reported in BACnet Operator Workstation, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system. http://secunia.com/advisories/45602/ -- Multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in Google Chrome, where some have unknown impacts and others can can be exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security restrictions and potentially compromise a user's system. http://secunia.com/advisories/45698/ ======================================================================== 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. [SA45397] FlexNet Publisher License Server Manager Buffer Overflow Vulnerability 2. [SA45583] Adobe Flash Player Multiple Vulnerabilities 3. [SA45678] PHP "crypt()" MD5 Salt Security Issue 4. [SA45173] Sun Java JRE Insecure Executable Loading Vulnerability 5. [SA45666] Mozilla Firefox / Thunderbird Multiple Vulnerabilities 6. [SA45606] Apache HTTP Server ByteRange Filter Denial of Service Vulnerability 7. [SA45722] Cisco IOS Data-Link Switching Denial of Service Vulnerability 8. [SA45581] Mozilla Firefox / Thunderbird Multiple Vulnerabilities 9. [SA45761] Cisco IOS SSH2 Sessions Denial of Service Security Issue 10. [SA45698] Google Chrome Multiple Vulnerabilities ======================================================================== 4) Secunia Community News Join Secunia @ the industry's leading events: Q3 & Q4 Listen to Secunia???s Research Analyst Director, Stefan Frei, present the fundamental failures of end-point security based on data from more than 3 million users of the Secunia PSI. Learn how to manage the vulnerability life cycle. Read more: http://secunia.com/resources/events/ ======================================================================== 5) Secunia Corporate News Pre-emptive action against vulnerabilities ??? a priority for effective security strategies The Secunia Vulnerability Intelligence Manager (VIM) enables you to simplify and strategize your handling of emerging threats. Read more and request a free trial: http://secunia.com/products/corporate/vim/ ======================================================================== 6) This Week in Numbers During the past week 35 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 : 1 Secunia Advisory Unix/Linux : 12 Secunia Advisories Other : 3 Secunia Advisories Cross platform : 19 Secunia Advisories Criticality Ratings: Extremely Critical : 0 Secunia Advisories Highly Critical : 4 Secunia Advisories Moderately Critical : 11 Secunia Advisories Less Critical : 18 Secunia Advisories Not Critical : 2 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

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