Secunia Weekly Summary - Issue: 2012-02

2012-01-13 11:02

======================================================================== The Secunia Weekly Advisory Summary 2012-01-05 - 2012-01-12 This week: 65 advisories ======================================================================== Table of Contents: 1.....................................................Word From Secunia 2....................................................This Week In Brief 3...............................This Weeks Top Ten Most Read Advisories 4................................................Secunia Corporate News 5..................................................This Week in Numbers ======================================================================== 1) Word From Secunia: Do you have a passion for auditing open source code to discover vulnerabilities and really understand these in minute detail? If so, then you now have the chance to do this full-time and even get paid for it! http://secunia.com/company/jobs/linux_vulnerability_specialist/ ======================================================================== 2) This Week in Brief: Secunia Research has discovered multiple vulnerabilities in NTR ActiveX control, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system. http://secunia.com/advisories/45166/ Multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in Wireshark, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) and compromise a user's system. http://secunia.com/advisories/47494/ Multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system. http://secunia.com/advisories/45852/ Two vulnerabilities have been reported in Microsoft Windows, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system. http://secunia.com/advisories/47485/ A vulnerability has been reported in Microsoft Windows, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system. http://secunia.com/advisories/47480/ Parvez Anwar has discovered a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system. http://secunia.com/advisories/45189/ Luigi Auriemma has discovered a vulnerability in SumatraPDF, which can be exploited by malicious people to potentially compromise a user's system http://secunia.com/advisories/47492/ ======================================================================== 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. [SA47402] Gentoo update for mysql 2. [SA47454] @Mail Webmail Client "Title" Script Insertion Vulnerability 3. [SA47400] Mozilla Firefox Drag and Drop Handling Same Origin Policy Bypass Vulnerability 4. [SA47383] FFmpeg Multiple Vulnerabilities 5. [SA46512] Oracle Java SE Multiple Vulnerabilities 6. [SA47469] VertrigoServ "ext" Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability 7. [SA47464] IBM Java Multiple Vulnerabilities 8. [SA47449] Google Chrome Multiple Vulnerabilities 9. [SA47426] OpenSSL Multiple Vulnerabilities 10. [SA47429] SUSE update for FastCGI ======================================================================== 4) Secunia Corporate News Events 2012 - RSA Conference, San Francisco, USA, 27 Feb-02 March Planning on attending RSA this year? If so, visit the Secunia team on stand # 817 to discuss how you can enhance your vulnerability/patch management process. Find out more: http://www.rsaconference.com/events/2012/usa/index.htm ======================================================================== 5) This Week in Numbers During the past week 65 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 : 15 Secunia Advisories Unix/Linux : 27 Secunia Advisories Other : 0 Secunia Advisories Cross platform : 23 Secunia Advisories Criticality Ratings: Extremely Critical : 0 Secunia Advisories Highly Critical : 13 Secunia Advisories Moderately Critical : 16 Secunia Advisories Less Critical : 25 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 _____________________________________________________ Did a friend send you this article? Make it your New Year's Resolution to subscribe to InfoSec News! http://www.infosecnews.org/mailman/listinfo/isn

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