Microsoft Releases February 2013 Security Bulletin

Microsoft has released updates to address vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows, Internet Explorer, Server Software, Office, and .NET Framework as part of the Microsoft Security Bulletin summary for February 2013. These vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution, allow elevation of privileg...

Microsoft Releases Advance Notification for February Security Bulletin

Microsoft has issued a Security Bulletin Advance Notification indicating that its February release will contain eleven bulletins. These bulletins will have the severity rating of critical and important, and will be for Microsoft Windows, Internet Explorer, Server Software, and .NET Framework. The...

Apple Releases Security Update for OS X Server

Apple has released a security update for OS X Server v2.2.1 for OS X Mountain Lion v10.8 or later to address multiple vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code. US-CERT encourages users and administrators to review Apple Support Article HT5644 an...

Oracle Releases Out-of-Band Patch to Address Java 7 Vulnerabilities

Oracle has released an out-of-band patch to address multiple vulnerabilities in the Java Runtime Environment JRE 7 Update 11 and earlier. These vulnerabilities may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code. US-CERT encourages users and administrators to review the bulletin and follow...

Apple Releases iOS 6.1

Apple has released iOS 6.1 for the iPhone 3GS and later, iPod touch 4th generation and later, and iPad 2 and later to address multiple vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities may allow an attacker to operate with elevated privileges or execute arbitrary code. US-CERT encourages users and...

CERT Releases UPnP Security Advisory

Multiple vulnerabilities have been announced in libupnp, the open source portable SDK for UPnP devices. Libupnp is employed by hundreds of vendors for UPnP-enabled devices. Information is also available in CERT Vulnerability Note VU922681. US-CERT recommends that affected UPnP device vendors and...

Cisco Releases Security Advisory for Cisco Wireless LAN Controllers

The Cisco Wireless LAN Controller Cisco WLC product family is affected by multiple vulnerabilities that could potentially cause a denial-of-service condition, allow unauthorized access, or allow an attacker to execute code remotely. Cisco has released software updates that address these...

Adobe Releases Security Update for ColdFusion

Adobe has released a security hotfix to address multiple vulnerabilities in Adobe ColdFusion versions 10, 9.0.2, 9.0.1 and 9.0 for Windows, Macintosh, and UNIX. These vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to bypass authentication controls. US-CERT recommends that users and administrators review...

Oracle Releases January 2013 Security Advisory

Oracle has released its Critical Patch Update for January 2013 to address 86 vulnerabilities across multiple products. This update contains the following security fixes: 6 for Oracle Database Server 7 for Oracle Fusion Middleware 13 for Oracle Enterprise Manager Grid Control 9 for Oracle E-Busine...

CERT Releases Oracle Java 7 Security Advisory

CERT released Vulnerability Note VU625617 to address a vulnerability in Oracle Java Runtime Environment JRE 7 and earlier that is currently being exploited in the wild. This vulnerability may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable systems. US-CERT encourages users and...

Microsoft Releases January 2013 Security Bulletin

Microsoft has released updates to address vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows, Office, Developers Tools, Server Software, and .NET Framework as part of the Microsoft Security Bulletin summary for January 2013. These vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution, elevation of privilege,...

Microsoft Releases January 2013 Security Bulletin

Microsoft has released updates to address vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows, Office, Developers Tools, Server Software, and .NET Framework as part of the Microsoft Security Bulletin summary for January 2013. These vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution, elevation of privilege,...

Microsoft Releases Advance Notification for January Security Bulletin

Microsoft has issued a Security Bulletin Advanced Notification indicating that its January release will contain seven bulletins. These bulletins will have the serverity rating of critical and important and will be for Microsoft Windows, Office, Developers Tools, Server Software, and .NET Framewor...

Microsoft Releases Security Advisory on Fraudulent Digital Certificates

Microsoft has released Security Advisory 2798897 in response to active attacks using fraudulent digital certificates issued by TURKTRUST Inc. These fraudulent certificates could be used to spoof content, perform phishing attacks, or perform man-in-the-middle attacks. This vulnerability affects al...

Microsoft Releases Security Advisory for Internet Explorer

Microsoft has released Security Advisory 2794220 to address a vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6, 7, and 8. This vulnerability may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code if a user accesses a specially crafted website. Microsoft is aware of targeted attacks that attempt to exploit...

Google Releases Google Chrome 23.0.1271.97

Google has released Google Chrome 23.0.1271.97 for Windows, Mac, Linux, and ChromeFrame to address multiple vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service. US-CERT encourages users and administrators to review the Google Chrome...

Microsoft Releases December 2012 Security Bulletin

Microsoft has released updates to address vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows, Internet Explorer, Microsoft Office, and Microsoft Server Software as part of the Microsoft Security Bulletin summary for December 2012. These vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to bypass security features or...

Google Releases Google Chrome 23.0.1271.95

Google has released Google Chrome 23.0.1271.95 for Windows, Mac, and ChromeFrame to address multiple vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities could result in a denial of service or allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code. US-CERT encourages users and administrators to review the Google Chrome...

Google Releases Google Chrome 23.0.1271.91

Google has released Google Chrome 23.0.1271.91 for Windows, Mac, Linux, and ChromeFrame to address multiple vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities could result in a denial of service or allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code. US-CERT encourages users and administrators to review the Google...

Adobe Releases Security Update for ColdFusion

Adobe has released a security hotfix for ColdFusion 10 Update 1 and above for Windows. This hotfix resolves a vulnerability affecting ColdFusion on Windows Internet Information Services IIS, which could result in a denial of service. US-CERT encourages users and administrators to review Adobe...

Holiday Season Phishing Scams and Malware Campaigns

Since the winter holidays are quickly approaching, US-CERT is republishing this entry to increase awareness about phishing scams and malware campaigns. In the past, US-CERT has received reports of an increased number of phishing scams and malware campaigns that take advantage of the winter holida...

Microsoft Releases November 2012 Security Bulletin

Microsoft has released updates to address multiple vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows Shell, .NET Framework, Windows Kernel-Mode drivers, Excel, Internet Information Services IIS, and cumulative security updates for Internet Explorer as part of the Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for Novemb...

Cisco Releases Security Advisory for Cisco Secure Access Control Systems (ACS)

Cisco Secure Access Control Systems ACS contains a vulnerability that could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass the TACACS+ based authentication service offered by the product. Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability. US-CERT encourages users and...

Google Releases Google Chrome 23.0.1271.64

Google has released Google Chrome 23.0.1271.64 for Windows, Macintosh, Linux and Chrome Frame to address multiple vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code. US-CERT encourages users and administrators to review the Google Chrome Release blog entry and...

Security Updates Available for Adobe Flash Player

Adobe has released security updates for Adobe Flash Player. These updates address vulnerabilities that could cause a crash and potentially allow an attacker to take control of the affected system. Secure updates are available for the following versions of Adobe Flash Player: Adobe Flash Player...

Cisco Releases Security Advisory for Cisco Prime Data Center Network Manager

Cisco Prime Data Center Network Manager DCNM contains a remote command execution vulnerability that may allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the computer that is running the Cisco Prime DCNM application. Cisco has released software updates that address this...

Adobe Releases Security Bulletin for Flash Player

Adobe has released a security bulletin for Adobe Flash Player to address multiple vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities affect Adobe Flash Player 11.4.402.278 and earlier versions for Windows, Adobe Flash Player 11.4.402.265 and earlier versions for Macintosh, Adobe Flash Player 11.2.202.238 and...

Microsoft Releases October Security Bulletin

Microsoft has released updates to address vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows, SQL Server, Server Software, Office, and Lync as part of the Microsoft Security Bulletin summary for October 2012. These vulnerabilities may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code, cause a denial-of-service...

Adobe Releases Security Bulletin About Code Signing Certificate

Adobe has released a security bulletin to address an issue with a current Adobe code signing certificate. The certificate to be revoked has been used to sign malicious code. The certificate will be revoked on October 4, 2012 for all software code signed after July 10, 2012. Adobe is issuing a new...

Increased Exploitation in Web Content Management Systems

US-CERT is aware of recent increases in the exploitation of known vulnerabilities in web content management systems CMSs such as Wordpress and Joomla. Compromised CMS installations can be used to host malicious content. US-CERT recommends that users and administrators ensure that their CMS...

Microsoft Releases Security Advisory for Internet Explorer

Microsoft has released Security Advisory 2757760 to address a vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6, 7 , 8, and 9. This vulnerability may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code if a user accesses specially crafted HTML documents e.g., a web page or an HTML email message or attachmen...

Microsoft Releases September Security Bulletin

Microsoft has released updates to address vulnerabilities in Microsoft Development Tools and Server Software as part of the Microsoft Security Bulletin summary for September 2012. These vulnerabilities may allow an attacker to operate with elevated privileges. US-CERT encourages users and...

Malware Campaigns Impersonating U.S. Government Agencies

US-CERT is aware of multiple malware campaigns impersonating multiple U.S. government agencies, including the United States Cyber Command USCYBERCOM and the Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI. Once installed on a system, the malware displays a screen claiming that a Federal Government agency has...

US-CERT Releases Oracle Java JRE 1.7 Security Advisory

US-CERT has released Vulnerability Note VU636312 to address a vulnerability in Oracle Java Runtime Environment JRE 1.7. This vulnerability may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system. US-CERT encourages users and administrators to review Vulnerability Note VU636312. Thi...

Microsoft Releases August Security Bulletin

Microsoft has released updates to address vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows, Internet Explorer, Office, SQL Server, Server Software, Developer Tools, and Exchange Server as part of the Microsoft Security Bulletin summary for August 2012. These vulnerabilities may allow an attacker to execute...

Mozilla Releases Multiple Updates

The Mozilla Foundation has released updates for the following products to address multiple vulnerabilities: Firefox 14 Firefox ESR 10.0.6 Thunderbird 14 Thunderbird ESR 10.0.6 SeaMonkey 2.11 These vulnerabilities may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code, cause a denial-of-service condition...

Oracle Releases Critical Patch Update for July 2012

Oracle has released its Critical Patch Update for July 2012 to address 87 vulnerabilities across multiple products. This update contains the following security fixes: 4 for Oracle Database Server 1 for Oracle Application Express Listener 2 for Oracle Secure Backup 22 for Oracle Fusion Middleware ...

Google Releases Google Chrome 20.0.1132.57

Google has released Google Chrome 20.0.1132.57 for Linux, Mac, Windows, and Chrome Frame 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 the...

Microsoft Releases a Security Advisory for Microsoft Digital Certificates

Microsoft has released security advisory 2728973 to replace a number of certificates that did not meet Microsoft's high standard of Public-Key Infrastructure PKI management. This update places the intermediate certificate authority CA certificates in the Untrusted Certificate Store and replaces...

Cisco Releases Multiple Security Advisories for TelePresence

Cisco has released security advisories to address multiple vulnerabilities affecting the following products: Cisco TelePresence Manager Cisco TelePresence Recoding Server Cisco TelePresence Multipoint Switch Cisco TelePresence Immersive Endpoint System These vulnerabilities may allow an attacker ...

Microsoft Releases a Security Advisory for Windows Sidebar and Gadgets

Microsoft has released security advisory 2719662 to address a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Sidebar and Gadgets. This vulnerability may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code, take control of an affected system, or disclose sensitive information. US-CERT encourages users and...

Microsoft Releases July Security Bulletin

Microsoft has released updates to address vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows, Internet Explorer, Office, Developer Tools, and Server Software as part of the Microsoft Security Bulletin summary for July 2012. These vulnerabilities may allow an attack to execute arbitrary code, operate with...

Cisco Releases Security Advisory for WebEx Player

Cisco has released a security advisory to address vulnerabilities affecting the following products: Cisco WebEx Recording Format WRF Cisco Advanced Recording Format ARF These vulnerabilities may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial-of-service condition. US-CERT encourages...

Google Releases Google Chrome 20.0.1132.43

Google has released Google Chrome 20.0.1132.43 for Linux, Mac, Windows, and Chrome Frame 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 the...

Cisco Releases Multiple Security Advisories

Cisco has released three security advisories to address vulnerabilities affecting the following products: Cisco ASA 5500 Series Adaptive Security Appliances Cisco ASA Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series ASA Service Module Cisco ASASM Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client Cisco Application Control Engine...

Apple Releases Java Update for OS X Lion and Mac OS X

Apple has released a Java update to address multiple vulnerabilities for the following products: Mac OS X v10.6.8 Mac OS X Server v10.6.8 OS X Lion v10.7.4 OS X Lion Server v10.7.4 These vulnerabilities may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial-of-service condition. US-CER...

Oracle Releases Critical Patch Update for June 2012

Oracle released its Critical Patch Update for June 2012 containing 14 security fixes for the following products: JDK and JRE 7 Updates 4 and earlier JDK and JRE 6 Update 32 and earlier JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 35 and earlier SDK and JRE 1.4.237 and earlier JavaFX 2.1 and earlier US-CERT encourages...

Microsoft Releases Security Advisory for Microsoft XML Core Services

Microsoft has released Security Advisory 2719615 to address a vulnerability in Microsoft XML Core Services 3.0, 4.0, 5.0, and 6.0. This vulnerability may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code if a user accesses specially crafted web pages using Internet Explorer. According to the advisory,...

Apple Releases iTunes 10.6.3

Apple has released iTunes 10.6.3 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 Support Article HT5318 and apply any necessary updates to...

Adobe Releases Security Bulletin for Adobe Flash Player

Adobe has released a Security Bulletin for Adobe Flash Player to address vulnerabilities affecting the following software versions: Adobe Flash Player 11.2.202.235 and earlier versions for Windows, Macintosh, and Linux Adobe Flash Player 11.1.115.8 and earlier versions for Android 4.x Adobe Flash...