Securing Home and Small Business Routers

Home and Small Business routers have become the ideal target for attackers seeking to gain control over a user's gateway to the Internet. Router misconfigurations e.g., default credentials, interfaces open to the Internet or the lack of security precautions e.g., absence of updates may make users...

Updates Available for Flash AS3 opaqueBackground and BitmapData Use-After-Free Vulnerabilities

Adobe has released security updates to address critical vulnerabilities within the ActionScript 3 opaqueBackground and BitmapData classes of Flash Player. Exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system. Versions affected includ...

OpenJDK: LogStream.setDefaultStream() missing security restrictions (RMI, 8001329)

Unspecified vulnerability in the Java Runtime Environment JRE component in Oracle Java SE 7 Update 17 and earlier, 6 Update 43 and earlier, and 5.0 Update 41 and earlier; and OpenJDK 6 and 7; allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via vectors related to RMI...

Foxit Releases Foxit Reader 3.3

The Foxit Corporation has released Foxit Reader 3.3 for Windows. This release of Foxit Reader contains a component called Trust Manager. Foxit Reader release notes indicate that the Trust Manager enables users to allow or deny unauthorized actions and data transmission, including URL connection,...

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 3.6.2

The Mozilla Foundation has released Firefox 3.6.2 to address multiple security issues, including a critical vulnerability that may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code. US-CERT encourages users and administrators to do the following to help mitigate the risks: Review the Firefox 3.6....

Vulnerabilities and Attack Surface

From CERT Will Dormann Two recent US-CERT Vulnerability Notes cert.org describe similar issues in the Adobe Reader and Foxit Reader PDF viewing applications. The vulnerabilities, that both applications failed to properly handle JPEG2000 JPX data streams, were discovered as part of our Vulnerabili...

Website connection problem when a mobile phone terminal uses specific QR code

Overview Mobile phone terminals supporting the two-dimensional code QR code read function are reported to have a website connection problem. When specific QR code is read, even if a user tries to connect to the URL string in the first line of the two URL lines displayed, the connection is...

Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2007-27

Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2007-27 Title: Unescaped URIs passed to external programs Impact: Critical Announced: July 30, 2007 Reporter: Jesper Johansson Products: Firefox, Thunderbird, SeaMonkey Fixed in: Firefox 2.0.0.6 Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 Thunderbird 1.5.0.13 SeaMonkey 1.1.4...

US-CERT Technical Cyber Security Alert TA06-132A -- Apple Mac Products Affected by Multiple Vulnerabilities

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 National Cyber Alert System Technical Cyber Security Alert TA06-132A Apple Mac Products Affected by Multiple Vulnerabilities Original release date: May 12, 2006 Last revised: -- Source: US-CERT Systems Affected Apple Mac OS X version 10.3.9 Panther an...