======================================================================== The Secunia Weekly Advisory Summary 2011-09-29 - 2011-10-06 This week: 83 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: An integrated and inclusive approach to highlight vulnerabilities and their severity as they occur According to Ovum's new technology report, companies operating diverse and wide-ranging systems cannot solve their vulnerability management challenges by using ad hoc tools. The report says, "Any business that operates a range of IT-based systems and services and regularly needs to perform vulnerability updates and patches would benefit from the intelligence-led vulnerability management services of the Secunia VIM product set." Download the report here: http://secunia.com/products/corporate/vim/ovum_2011_request/ ======================================================================== 2) This Week in Brief: Multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in Google Chrome, which can be exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security restrictions and compromise a user's system. http://secunia.com/advisories/46308/ Gjoko Krstic has discovered a vulnerability in Adobe Photoshop Elements, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system. http://secunia.com/advisories/46277/ Multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in Pale Moon, which can be exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security restrictions and compromise a user's system. http://secunia.com/advisories/46242/ Luigi Auriemma has discovered multiple vulnerabilities in Cytel StatXact and Cytel LogXact, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system. http://secunia.com/advisories/46280/ ======================================================================== 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. [SA46171] Mozilla Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities 3. [SA46203] Mozilla Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities 4. [SA46279] Perl Digest Module "Digest->new()" Code Injection Vulnerability 5. [SA46172] Perl "decode_xs()" and "File::Glob::bsd_glob()" Vulnerabilities 6. [SA45173] Sun Java JRE Insecure Executable Loading Vulnerability 7. [SA46277] Adobe Photoshop Elements Brush / Gradient File Parsing Buffer Overflow 8. [SA43157] Symantec IM Manager Multiple Vulnerabilities 9. [SA46165] Cisco IOS Smart Install Unspecified Code Execution Vulnerability 10. [SA46228] IBM Tivoli Monitoring Eclipse Help Server Two Vulnerabilities ======================================================================== 4) Secunia Community News Help Net Security: Secunia talks patching strategies Stefan Frei, Secunia's Research Analyst Director discusses how organisations can ensure that they identify the right vulnerability to patch at the right time. Read more: http://secunia.com/company/blog_news/articles/259/ 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://secunia.com/resources/events/rsa_london_2011/ ======================================================================== 5) Secunia Corporate News Pre-emptive action against vulnerabilities . a priority for effective security strategies The Secunia 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 83 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 : 10 Secunia Advisories Unix/Linux : 27 Secunia Advisories Other : 3 Secunia Advisories Cross platform : 43 Secunia Advisories Criticality Ratings: Extremely Critical : 0 Secunia Advisories Highly Critical : 20 Secunia Advisories Moderately Critical : 21 Secunia Advisories Less Critical : 37 Secunia Advisories Not Critical : 5 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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