Mozilla Releases Firefox 3.6.4

The Mozilla Foundation has released Firefox 3.6.4 and Firefox 3.5.10 to address multiple vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code, cause a denial-of-service condition, obtain sensitive information, or conduct cross-site scripting attacks. Some of thes...

Apple Releases iOS 4

Apple has released iOS 4 for iPhone 3G and later, and iPod touch 2nd generation and later, to address multiple vulnerabilities across several packages. These vulnerabilities may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code, cause a denial-of-service condition, disclose sensitive information, bypas...

Apple Releases Security Update 2010-004 and Mac OS X v10.6.4

Apple has released Security Update 2010-004 and Mac OS X v10.6.4 to address multiple vulnerabilities that affect a number of applications. These vulnerabilities may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code, cause a denial-of-service condition, operate with elevated privileges, conduct...

Adobe Releases Flash 10.1

Adobe has released a Security Bulletin to address vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash Player 10.0.45.2 and earlier versions and in Adobe AIR 1.5.3.9130 and earlier versions. Exploitation of these vulnerabilities may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial-of-service condition...

Microsoft Releases June Security Bulletin

Microsoft has released updates to address vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows, Internet Explorer, Office, SharePoint, and .NET Framework as part of the Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for June 2010. These vulnerabilities may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code or operate with elevate...

Adobe Releases Security Advisory for Flash Player, Reader, and Acrobat

Adobe has released a security advisory to notify users of a vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player, Reader, and Acrobat. Exploitation of this vulnerability may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code and take control of the affected system. The advisory indicates that Adobe is aware of active...

Microsoft Releases Advance Notification for June Security Bulletin

Microsoft has issued a Security Bulletin Advance Notification, indicating that its June release will contain ten bulletins. Three of these bulletins will have the severity rating of critical and will be for Microsoft Windows and Internet Explorer. The remaining bulletins will have the severity...

Google Releases Chrome 5.0.375.55

Google has released Chrome 5.0.375.55 for Linux, Mac, and Windows to address multiple vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities may allow an attacker to bypass security restrictions, execute script in an unsafe context, or mislead users. US-CERT encourages users and administrators to review the Goog...

Apple Releases Updates for Java Mac OS X 10.5 and 10.6

Apple has released Java for Mac OS X 10.5 Update 7 and Java for Mac OS X 10.6 Update 2 to address multiple vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial-of-service condition. US-CERT encourages users and administrators to review Apple...

Microsoft Releases May Security Bulletin

Microsoft has released updates to address vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows, Office, and Visual Basic for Applications as part of the Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for May 2010. These vulnerabilities may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code. US-CERT encourages users and...

Opera Software Releases Opera 10.53

Opera Software has released Opera 10.53 to address a vulnerability. Exploitation of this vulnerability may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code. US-CERT encourages users and administrators to review the Opera Software security advisory related to this vulnerability and upgrade to Opera 10....

Microsoft Re-Releases Security Update for MS10-025

Microsoft has re-released the security update related to Microsoft security bulletin MS10-025. This vulnerability affects Windows Media Services running on Windows 2000 Server. The original release of this update had been revoked last week because it did not effectively correct the underlying...

Google Releases Chrome 4.1.249.1059

Google has released Chrome 4.1.249.1059 for Windows to address multiple vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code, conduct cross-site scripting attacks, or conduct cross-site request forgery attacks. US-CERT encourages users and administrators to revie...

McAfee DAT 5958 Issues

US-CERT is aware of public reports indicating that McAfee DAT release 5958 is incorrectly identifying the valid system file, C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe, as containing malicious code. Reports indicate that a false positive detection occurs on Windows XP Service Pack 3 systems. Symptoms includ...

Sun Java Deployment Toolkit Plugin and ActiveX Control Vulnerability

The Sun Java Development Toolkit plugin and ActiveX control contain a vulnerability. This vulnerability is due to insufficient argument validation. By convincing a user to visit a specially crafted HTML document, an attacker may be able to exploit this vulnerability and execute an arbitrary JAR...

Adobe Releases Security Updates for Adobe Reader and Acrobat

Adobe has released security updates to address multiple vulnerabilities that affect the following: Adobe Reader 9.3.1 and earlier Adobe Acrobat 9.3.1 and earlier Adobe Reader 8.2.1 and earlier Adobe Acrobat 8.2.1 and earlier These vulnerabilities may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code or...

VMware Releases Security Advisory VMSA-2010-0007

VMware has released security advisory VMSA-2010-0007 to address multiple vulnerabilities in VMware hosted products, vCENTER Server and ESX. Exploitation of these vulnerabilities may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code, operate with elevated privileges, obtain sensitive information, or cau...

Adobe Releases Guidance for Launch Functionality Mitigation in Acrobat and Reader

Adobe has released a blog entry addressing a vulnerability in Acrobat and Reader. This vulnerability exists due to the way in which Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Reader handle launch actions embedded in PDFs. When users open a PDF that contains a launch action, they are presented with a dialog box...

Foxit Reader 3.2.1.0401 Released

The Foxit Corporation has released Foxit Reader 3.2.1.0401 to address a critical vulnerability. Exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code. US-CERT encourages users and administrators to review the Foxit notice regarding the release a...

Mozilla Releases Firefox V3.6.3

The Mozilla Foundation has released Firefox V3.6.3 to address a critical vulnerability. Exploitation of this vulnerability may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code. US-CERT encourages users and administrators to review Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory mfsa2010-25 and upgrade to Firefox...