======================================================================== The Secunia Weekly Advisory Summary 2011-11-10 - 2011-11-17 This week: 52 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: New Aberdeen Group Report: Patch Management "Higher adoption of patch management corresponds to a lower percentage of accepted risks." This is just one of the interesting findings featured in Aberdeen Group's new report: 'To Patch, or Not to Patch? (Not If, But How)'. Read more and download it for free here: http://secunia.com/blog/281 ======================================================================== 2) This Week in Brief: Secunia Research has discovered a vulnerability in DVR Remote ActiveX Control, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system. http://secunia.com/advisories/46477/ A vulnerability has been reported in ISC BIND, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service). http://secunia.com/advisories/46887/ Some vulnerabilities have been reported in FreeType, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise an application using the library. http://secunia.com/advisories/46839/ A vulnerability has been reported in Hancom Office, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system. http://secunia.com/advisories/46800/ 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/46815/ Multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in Apple iOS, which can be exploited by malicious people with physical access to bypass certain security restrictions and by malicious people to disclose certain sensitive information, conduct spoofing attacks, and compromise a user's device. http://secunia.com/advisories/46836/ ======================================================================== 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. [SA46797] Juniper Junos MX Series "Ktree::createFourWayNode" Route Prefix Denial of Service 2. [SA46818] Adobe Flash Player Multiple Vulnerabilities 3. [SA46512] Oracle Java SE Multiple Vulnerabilities 4. [SA46811] ProFTPD Response Pool Use-After-Free Vulnerability 5. [SA46747] Apple iOS Multiple Vulnerabilities 6. [SA46757] Mozilla Firefox / Thunderbird Multiple Vulnerabilities 7. [SA46815] Google Chrome Multiple Vulnerabilities 8. [SA46731] Microsoft Windows TCP/IP Reference Counter Overflow Vulnerability 9. [SA46887] ISC BIND Recursive Query Processing Denial of Service Vulnerability 10. [SA46113] Adobe Flash Player Multiple Vulnerabilities ======================================================================== 4) Secunia Corporate News InformationWeek: Zero Day Exploit Millionaires "Have you discovered a killer zero-day vulnerability in a widely used product? Can the bug be 'weaponized,' or actively exploited?" Read more: http://secunia.com/company/blog_news/articles/282/ Tech Awards Circle: Secunia Wins Double Gold Best Enterprise Service for the Secunia VIM and Best SOHO/Consumer Services for the Secunia PSI. Read more: http://secunia.com/blog/280/ Techworld: Reporting service for flaw hunters Techworld journalist John E. Dunn discusses the new Secunia Vulnerability Coordination Reward Program (SVCRP): http://secunia.com/company/blog_news/articles/276/ ======================================================================== 5) This Week in Numbers During the past week 52 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 : 6 Secunia Advisories Unix/Linux : 27 Secunia Advisories Other : 4 Secunia Advisories Cross platform : 15 Secunia Advisories Criticality Ratings: Extremely Critical : 0 Secunia Advisories Highly Critical : 15 Secunia Advisories Moderately Critical : 13 Secunia Advisories Less Critical : 22 Secunia Advisories Not Critical : 2 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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