======================================================================== The Secunia Weekly Advisory Summary 2011-09-22 - 2011-09-29 This week: 74 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: A formalized approach to handling vulnerabilities is best practice, not ad hoc tools According to a new Ovum Technology Report, companies operating diverse and wide-ranging systems cannot solve their vulnerability management challenges by using ad hoc tools. They say, "There needs be an integrated and inclusive approach that makes use of security intelligence to highlight vulnerabilities and their severity as they occur." This is where the Secunia Vulnerability Intelligence Manager (VIM) comes in. Read more: http://secunia.com/blog/257 ======================================================================== 2) This Week in Brief: Multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in Mozilla Firefox, which can be exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security restrictions and compromise a user's system. http://secunia.com/advisories/46203/ Multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in Novell GroupWise, which can be exploited by malicious users to conduct script insertion attacks, cause a DoS (Denial of Service), or potentially compromise a vulnerable system and by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system. http://secunia.com/advisories/43513/ Luigi Auriemma has discovered two vulnerabilities in Sunway ForceControl and Sunway pNetPower, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose system information and compromise a user's system. http://secunia.com/advisories/46146/ Luigi Auriemma has discovered a vulnerability in CellCtrl, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system. http://secunia.com/advisories/46144/ ======================================================================== 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. [SA46113] Adobe Flash Player Multiple Vulnerabilities 2. [SA46168] Microsoft Windows SSL/TLS Initialization Vector Selection Weakness 3. [SA45173] Sun Java JRE Insecure Executable Loading Vulnerability 4. [SA46134] FFmpeg Multiple Vulnerabilities 5. [SA46171] Mozilla Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities 6. [SA46137] Oracle Solaris Apache HTTP Server ByteRange Filter Denial of Service Vulnerability 7. [SA45978] Adobe Reader / Acrobat Multiple Vulnerabilities 8. [SA46146] Sunway ForceControl / pNetPower Directory Traversal and ActiveX Control Vulnerabilities 9. [SA46049] Google Chrome Multiple Vulnerabilities 10. [SA46144] CellCtrl Read & Write Excel ActiveX Control "Login()" Buffer Overflow Vulnerability ======================================================================== 4) Secunia Community News Fixing the fundamental failures of end-point security How can you keep a typical end-point up-to-date? Secunia's ISF World Congress presentation analyses the trends and evolving threats affecting a typical software portfolio, using data from real end-points in the field: http://secunia.com/?action=fetch&filename=Secunia_ISF_2011_Presentation.pdf Attending RSA Conference Europe in London this year (11-13 October)? If so, visit Secunia at stand S2 and listen to Stefan Frei, Secunia's Research Analyst Director present "How can a CIO secure a moving target with limited resources". Find out more about RSA here: http://www.rsaconference.com/2011/europe/ ======================================================================== 5) Secunia Corporate News Be tactical in your handling of vulnerability threats The Secunia VIM enables you to take pre-emptive action against vulnerabilities in a simple, cost effective way. Read more and request a free trial: http://secunia.com/products/corporate/vim/ ======================================================================== 6) This Week in Numbers During the past week 74 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 : 25 Secunia Advisories Other : 13 Secunia Advisories Cross platform : 29 Secunia Advisories Criticality Ratings: Extremely Critical : 0 Secunia Advisories Highly Critical : 22 Secunia Advisories Moderately Critical : 27 Secunia Advisories Less Critical : 24 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_at_private Tel : +45 70 20 51 44 Fax : +45 70 20 51 45 _____________________________________________________________ FINAL CALL to register #HITB2011KUL - Asia's premier deep-knowledge network security event now in it's 9th year! http://conference.hitb.org/hitbsecconf2011kul/Received on Mon Oct 03 2011 - 01:46:07 PDT
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