Microsoft Revokes Security Update

The Microsoft Security Response Center has posted a blog entry indicating that it has revoked the update related to Microsoft security bulletin MS10-025 because it does not effectively correct the underlying vulnerability. This vulnerability affects Windows Media Services running on Windows 2000...

VideoLAN Releases Security Advisory for VLC Media Player

VideoLAN has released a security advisory to address multiple vulnerabilities in VLC Media Player. 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 VideoLAN security advisory...

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...

Top 20 'Critical Controls' from SANS Institute

The SANS Institute has released critical security controls for cyber defense agreed to by a consortium of agencies including: “NSA, US Cert, DoD, DoD JTF-GNO, the Department of Energy Nuclear Laboratories, Department of State, DoD Cyber Crime Center plus the top commercial forensics experts and p...

Oracle Releases Sun Java SE 1.6.0_20

Oracle has released Sun Java SE 1.6.020 to address several vulnerabilities. The release notes for this version of Java SE indicate that these vulnerabilities are in Java Deployment Toolkit and the new Java Plug-in. Exploitation of these vulnerabilities may allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker...

Adobe Acrobat and Reader PDF Handling Multiple Vulnerabilities - Windows

Adobe Reader/Acrobat is prone to multiple vulnerabilities. SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2010 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

Cisco Releases Security Advisory

Cisco has released a security advisory to address a vulnerability in Cisco Secure Desktop. Cisco Secure Desktop contains a vulnerable ActiveX control that may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code. US-CERT encourages users and administrators to review Cisco security advisory...

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...

Microsoft Releases April Security Bulletin

Microsoft has released an update to address vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows, Office, and Exchange as part of the Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for April 2010. These vulnerabilities may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code, operate with elevated privileges, cause a...

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...

Oracle Releases Critical Patch Update for April 2010

Oracle has released its Critical Patch Update for April 2010 to address 47 vulnerabilities across several products. This update contains the following security fixes: 7 for Oracle Database Server 5 for Oracle Fusion Middleware 1 for Oracle Collaboration Suite 8 for Oracle Application Suite 4 for...

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...

Microsoft Releases Advance Notification for April Security Bulletin

Microsoft has issued a Security Bulletin Advance Notification, indicating that its April release cycle will contain 11 bulletins. Five of them will have the severity rating of critical and will be for Microsoft Windows. The remaining six bulletins will have the severity rating of important or...

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...

VMware Releases Security Advisory for ESX Service Console Updates

VMware has released a security advisory to address vulnerabilities in the Samba and acpid packages of ESX Service Console. These vulnerabilities may allow an attacker to cause a denial-of-service condition, obtain sensitive information or bypass security restrictions. US-CERT encourages users and...

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...

Oracle Releases Critical Patch Update for Java SE and Java for Business

Oracle has released a critical patch update to address 27 vulnerabilities in Java SE and Java for Business. These vulnerabilities are in the following components: ImageIO, Java 2D, Java Runtime Environment, Java Web Start, Pack200, Sound, JSSE, and HotSpot Server. US-CERT encourages users and...

Microsoft Releases Out-of-Band Security Bulletin Update

Microsoft has released an update to its Security Bulletin Summary for March 2010 and has included the out-of-band bulletin MS10-018. This bulletin addresses ten vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer, including one previously announced in Microsoft Security Advisory 981374. The most severe of these...

Broadcom Network Cards Vulnerable: US-CERT

A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the Broadcom NetXtreme management firmware. This vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on an affected device. Read the full advisory. US-CERT...

Apple Releases Security Update 2010-002 and Mac OS X v10.6.3

Apple has released Security Update 2010-002 and Mac OS X v10.6.3 to address multiple vulnerabilities that affect a number of applications. These vulnerabilities may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code, obtain sensitive information, cause a denial-of-service condition, bypass security...