Security News > 2012 > February > Secunia Weekly Summary - Issue: 2012-08
======================================================================== The Secunia Weekly Advisory Summary 2012-02-16 - 2012-02-23 This week: 85 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: Secunia a finalist at SC Awards Europe 2012 Following SC Magazine's 5-Star overall rating for the Secunia Corporate Software Inspector (CSI), the Secunia CSI has once again been selected as a finalist by the magazine's annual European awards . this time in the category of "Best Security Management." Read more: http://secunia.com/blog/302/ ======================================================================== 2) This Week in Brief: Luigi Auriemma has discovered a vulnerability in Unity Web Player, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system. http://secunia.com/advisories/48103/ Two vulnerabilities have been reported in Pale Moon, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system. http://secunia.com/advisories/48110/ Digital Security Research Group has discovered a vulnerability in Net4Switch ipswcom ActiveX Control, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system. http://secunia.com/advisories/48125/ Luigi Auriemma has discovered a vulnerability in Novell Messenger Client, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system. http://secunia.com/advisories/48126/ A vulnerability has been reported in AQUIS and TERMIS, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system. http://secunia.com/advisories/48093/ Mozilla has acknowledged a vulnerability in Firefox, Thunderbird, and Seamonkey, which can be exploited by malicious people to potentially compromise a user's system. http://secunia.com/advisories/48089/ ======================================================================== 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. [SA48009] Oracle Java SE Multiple Vulnerabilities 2. [SA48033] Adobe Flash Player Multiple Vulnerabilities 3. [SA48089] Mozilla Firefox / Thunderbird / Seamonkey libpng Integer Overflow 4. [SA47161] Adobe Flash Player Unspecified Code Execution Vulnerability 5. [SA48026] libpng "png_decompress_chunk()" Integer Overflow Vulnerability 6. [SA48008] Mozilla Firefox / Thunderbird / SeaMonkey XBL Binding Use-After-Free Vulnerability 7. [SA48016] Google Chrome Multiple Vulnerabilities 8. [SA47922] Cisco IronPort Encryption Appliance "header" Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability 9. [SA47949] Microsoft Windows C Run-Time Library Incorrect Buffer Size Calculation Vulnerability 10. [SA48092] Symantec pcAnywhere Denial of Service Vulnerability ======================================================================== 4) Secunia Corporate News Dark Reading: Nearly 80% Of All Bugs Are In Third-Party Apps Kelly Jackson Higgins interviews Stefan Frei, Secunia's Research Analyst Director: http://www.darkreading.com/vulnerability-management/167901026/security/vulnerabilities/232600860/nearly-80-of-all-bugs-are-in-third-party-apps.html eWeek: Adobe Patches Critical Shockwave Player Bugs During February Update Reviews the "heavy load of third-party patches to apply this month" and Secunia's Yearly Report 2011: http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/Adobe-Patches-Critical-Shockwave-Player-Bugs-During-February-Update-602580/ ======================================================================== 5) This Week in Numbers During the past week 85 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 : 42 Secunia Advisories Other : 2 Secunia Advisories Cross platform : 33 Secunia Advisories Criticality Ratings: Extremely Critical : 0 Secunia Advisories Highly Critical : 20 Secunia Advisories Moderately Critical : 30 Secunia Advisories Less Critical : 27 Secunia Advisories Not Critical : 8 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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