Secunia Weekly Summary - Issue: 2011-38

2011-09-23 09:49

======================================================================== The Secunia Weekly Advisory Summary 2011-09-15 - 2011-09-22 This week: 75 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: The Dynamics & Threats of End-Point Software Portfolios How is the threat environment changing? Secunia's presentation guides you through a malware construction kit and measures the complexity of end-points - the easy prey for cybercriminals. It also presents the most effective protective measures for when the perimeter fails. Although there is no silver bullet technology, identifying and locking the right "doors" at the right time is the optimal strategy for securing end-point software portfolios against vulnerabilities. Read the presentation here: http://secunia.com/?action=fetch&filename=Secunia_FIRST_2011_Presentation.pdf ======================================================================== 2) This Week in Brief: A security issue and some vulnerabilities have been reported in Google Chrome, where some have an unknown impact and others can be exploited by malicious people to conduct spoofing and cross-site scripting attacks, disclose sensitive information, bypass certain security restrictions, and compromise a user's system. http://secunia.com/advisories/46049/ Luigi Auriemma has reported a vulnerability in MetaStock, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system. http://secunia.com/advisories/45962/ Oracle has acknowledged multiple vulnerabilities in Mozilla Thunderbird included in Solaris, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system. http://secunia.com/advisories/46035/ ======================================================================== 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. [SA45978] Adobe Reader / Acrobat Multiple Vulnerabilities 2. [SA45583] Adobe Flash Player Multiple Vulnerabilities 3. [SA46049] Google Chrome Multiple Vulnerabilities 4. [SA45932] Microsoft Office Excel Multiple Vulnerabilities 5. [SA45910] Microsoft Windows Insecure Library Loading Vulnerability 6. [SA45173] Sun Java JRE Insecure Executable Loading Vulnerability 7. [SA46013] Apache HTTP Server mod_proxy_ajp Denial of Service Vulnerability 8. [SA45979] Cisco Products Two Unspecified Vulnerabilities 9. [SA46035] Oracle Solaris Mozilla Thunderbird Multiple Vulnerabilities 10. [SA46102] Google Chrome Flash Player Unspecified Vulnerabilities ======================================================================== 4) Secunia Community News Webinar: Microsoft Patch Tuesday . September 2011 Find out this month's key information by viewing our free, on-demand webinar delivered by Stefan Frei, Secunia's Research Analyst Director: http://www.youtube.com/user/Secunia#p/a/u/0/5TKXcVCwG6I ======================================================================== 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 75 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 : 8 Secunia Advisories Unix/Linux : 20 Secunia Advisories Other : 5 Secunia Advisories Cross platform : 42 Secunia Advisories Criticality Ratings: Extremely Critical : 0 Secunia Advisories Highly Critical : 22 Secunia Advisories Moderately Critical : 33 Secunia Advisories Less Critical : 19 Secunia Advisories Not Critical : 1 Secunia Advisory ======================================================================== 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 _____________________________________________________________ Register now for the #HITB2011KUL - Asia's premier deep-knowledge network security event now in it's 9th year! http://conference.hitb.org/hitbsecconf2011kul/

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