Microsoft Releases February Security Bulletin

Microsoft has released updates to address vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows, Internet Explorer, and Office as part of the Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for February 2011. These vulnerabilities may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code, cause a denial-of-service condition, obtain...

Adobe Releases Updates for Adobe Reader and Acrobat

Adobe has released updates for Reader and Acrobat to address multiple vulnerabilities affecting the following software versions: Adobe Reader X 10.0 and earlier versions for Windows and Macintosh Adobe Reader 9.4.1 and earlier versions for Windows, Macintosh, and Unix Adobe Acrobat x 10.0 and...

Google Releases Chrome 9.0.597.84

Google has released Chrome 9.0.597.84 for all platforms 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 Google Chrome Releases blog entry an...

Adobe Prenotification Security Advisory for Adobe Reader and Acrobat

Adobe had issued a prenotification advisory indicating that it plans to release updates for Adobe Reader and Acrobat to address multiple vulnerabilities. The advisory indicates that updates for Windows and Macintosh will be available on February 8, 2011. An update for UNIX will be available the...

Majordomo Vulnerable to Directory Traversal

US-CERT is aware of a vulnerability affecting Majordomo 2. Exploitation of this vulnerability may allow an attacker to obtain sensitive information that could be used to leverage additional attacks. Reports indicate that this vulnerability affects builds 20110121 and prior. US-CERT encourages use...

Cisco Releases Security Advisory for Tandberg E, EX, and C Series Endpoints

Cisco has released a security advisory to address a vulnerability in the Tandberg C Series Endpoints and E/EX Personal Video units running software versions prior to TC4.0.0. This vulnerability may allow an attacker to gain administrative access to the device. US-CERT encourages users and...

Microsoft Releases Advance Notification for February Security Bulletin

Microsoft has issued a Security Bulletin Advance Notification indicating that its February release will contain 12 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 a severity...

VideoLAN Releases Security Advisory for VLC Media Player

VideoLAN has released a security advisory to address a vulnerability in VLC Media Player. This vulnerability may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code. US-CERT encourages users and administrators to review VideoLAN security advisory VideoLAN-SA-1102 and apply any necessary updates or...

Cisco Releases Security Advisory for Multiple Cisco WebEx Player Vulnerabilities

Cisco has released a security advisory to address multiple vulnerabilities in WebEx Recording Format WRF and Advanced Recording Format ARF Players. These vulnerabilities may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code. US-CERT encourages users and administrators to review Cisco security advisory...

Opera 11.01 Released

Opera Software has released version 11.01 of the Opera web browser for Windows, Mac, and Unix to address multiple vulnerabilities. Exploitation of these vulnerabilities may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code, cause a denial-of-service condition, bypass security restrictions, or obtain...

Microsoft Releases Security Advisory 2501696

Microsoft has released Microsoft security advisory 2501696 indicating that it is investigating public reports of a vulnerability affecting Windows. This vulnerability is due to the way MHTML interprets MIME-formatted requests for content blocks within a document. Exploitation of this vulnerabilit...

RealNetworks, Inc. Releases Update for RealPlayer

RealNetworks, Inc. has released an update for Windows RealPlayer 14.0.1 and prior 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 RealNetworks, Inc. security advisory and appl...

Oracle Releases Critical Patch Update for January 2011

Oracle has released its Critical Patch Update for January 2011 to address 82 vulnerabilities across multiple products. This update contains the following security fixes: 7 for Oracle Database Server 16 for Oracle Fusion Middleware 2 for Oracle Enterprise Manager Grid Control 16 for Oracle...

Google Releases Chrome 8.0.552.237

Google has released Chrome 8.0.552.237 for all platforms 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 Google Chrome Releases blog entry a...

RIM Releases Security Advisory for BlackBerry Enterprise Server

RIM has released a security advisory to address a vulnerability in the PDF distiller of the BlackBerry attachment service for BlackBerry Enterprise Server. This vulnerability may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial-of-service condition. US-CERT encourages users and...

Microsoft Security Advisory 2488013

Microsoft Security Advisory 2488013 addresses a vulnerability in Internet Explorer. This advisory has been updated to include Microsoft Fix It 50591 that prevents the recursive loading of CSS style sheets in Internet Explorer as a mitigation for this vulnerability. Exploitation of this...

Microsoft Releases January Security Bulletin

Microsoft has released updates to address vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows as part of the Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for January 2011. These vulnerabilities may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code. US-CERT encourages users and administrators to review the bulletin and follow...

Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 use-after-free Vulnerability

US-CERT is aware of a vulnerability affecting Microsoft Internet Explorer 8. This vulnerability is due to improper handling of circular memory references. Exploitation of this vulnerability may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the user or cause a denial-of-service...

Apple Releases Mac OS X v10.6.6

Apple has released Mac OS X v10.6.6 to address a vulnerability affecting PackageKit. Exploitation of this vulnerability may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial-of-service condition. US-CERT encourages users and administrators to review Apple article HT4498 and apply any...

Microsoft Releases Advance Notification for January Security Bulletin

Microsoft has issued a Security Bulletin Advance Notification indicating that its January release will contain two bulletins. These bulletins will have the severity ratings of critical and important and will be for Microsoft Windows. Release of these bulletins is scheduled for Tuesday, January 11...

Microsoft Releases Security Advisory

Microsoft has released security advisory 2490606 to alert users of a vulnerability affecting the Windows Graphics Rendering Engine. Exploitation of this vulnerability may allow an attacker to install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights. US-CERT...

WordPress.org has released WordPress 3.0.4

WordPress.org has released WordPress 3.0.4 to address a vulnerability in the HTML sanitation library. Exploitation of this vulnerability may allow an attacker to insert arbitrary HTML and script code into the browser session. US-CERT encourages users and administrators to review the WordPress.org...

Microsoft WMI Administrative Tool ActiveX Control Vulnerability

US-CERT is aware of a vulnerability affecting the WBEMSingleView.ocx ActiveX control. This control is part of the Microsoft WMI Administrative Tools package. Exploitation of this vulnerability may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code. US-CERT encourages users and administrators to set the...

Microsoft Releases Blog Entry Regarding Recent Outlook 2007 Update

The Microsoft Outlook product team has posted a blog entry to inform users of several issues related to the Outlook 2007 update KB2412171 that was released on December 14. The product team has identified these issues as: Outlook fails to connect if Secure Password Authentication SPA is configured...

RIM Releases Security Advisory for BlackBerry Enterprise Server

RIM has released a security advisory to address a vulnerability in the PDF distiller of the BlackBerry attachment service for the BlackBerry Enterprise Server. The vulnerability may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial-of-service condition. US-CERT encourages users and...

Google Releases Chrome 8.0.552.224

Google has released Chrome 8.0.552.224 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 Google Chrome Releases blog entry and apply any...

Microsoft Releases December Security Bulletin

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

RealNetworks Releases Security Update for RealPlayer

RealNetworks, Inc. has released an update for RealPlayer to address multiple vulnerabilities. Exploitation of these vulnerabilities may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code. US-CERT encourages users and administrators to review the RealNetworks notice released on December 10, 2010 and appl...

Mozilla Releases Firefox 3.6.13

The Mozilla Foundation has released Firefox 3.6.13 to address multiple vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code, operate with elevated privileges, spoof the location bar, or operate with elevated privileges. The Mozilla foundation has also released...

Microsoft Releases Advance Notification for December Security Bulletin

Microsoft has issued a Security Bulletin Advance Notification indicating that its December release will contain 17 bulletins. Two of these bulletins will have a severity rating of critical and will be for Microsoft Windows and Internet Explorer. Fourteen of the bulletins will have a severity rati...

WordPress Releases Version 3.0.3

WordPress has released WordPress 3.0.3 to address a vulnerability. Execution of this vulnerability may allow an attacker to operate with elevated privileges. US-CERT encourages users and administrators to review the WordPress Codex document for version 3.0.3 and apply any necessary updates to hel...

Apple Releases QuickTime 7.6.9

Apple has released QuickTime 7.6.9 to address multiple vulnerabilities. Exploitation of these vulnerabilities may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code, cause a denial-of-service condition, or obtain sensitive information. US-CERT encourages users and administrators to review Apple article...

VMware Releases Security Advisory VMSA-2010-0018

VMware has released security advisory VMSA-2010-0018 to address multiple vulnerabilities affecting VMware Workstation, Player, Fusion, ESXi, and ESX. Exploitation of these vulnerabilities may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code or operate with elevated privileges. US-CERT encourages users...

Google Releases Chrome 8.0.552.215

Google has released Chrome 8.0.552.215 to address multiple vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code, cause a denial-of-service condition, obtain sensitive information or bypass security restrictions. US-CERT encourages users and administrators to revi...

WordPress Releases WordPress 3.0.2

WordPress has released WordPress 3.0.2 to address a vulnerability that may allow a malicious Author-level user to gain further access to the site, to fix multiple software bugs, and to provide additional security enhancements. US-CERT encourages users and administrators to review the WordPress bl...

Internet Systems Consortium BIND Vulnerabilities

The Internet Systems Consortium ISC has released three advisories to address multiple vulnerabilities affecting BIND. The first advisory, CVE-2010-3613, addresses a vulnerability in BIND versions 9.6.2 to 9.6.2-P2, 9.6-ESV to 9.6-ESV-R2, and 9.70 to 9.7.2-P2. This vulnerability exists when cache...

Potential WikiLeaks Phishing Scams

In the past, US-CERT has received reports of phishing scams and malware campaigns related to topics that are of high-interest to the U.S. Government or news media, such as the WikiLeaks website. Users' systems have been compromised by receiving and accessing phishing emails with subject lines tha...

VMware Releases Security Patch for ESX

VMware has released a security patch for ESX to address a vulnerability. Exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a local user to gain additional privileges on the affected system. US-CERT encourages users and administrators to review VMware knowledgebase article 1029397 and apply any necessa...

Apple Releases iOS 4.2

Apple has released iOS 4.2 for the iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad to address multiple vulnerabilities. Exploitation of these vulnerabilities may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code, initiate a call, cause a denial-of-service condition, gain system privileges, or obtain sensitive information...

Apple Releases Safari 5.0.3 and 4.1.3

Apple has released Safari 5.0.3 and 4.1.3 to address multiple vulnerabilities in the Safari and WebKit packages. 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 article HT4455...

Holiday Season Phishing Scams and Malware Campaigns

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

OpenSSL Releases OpenSSL 1.0.0b

OpenSSL has released OpenSSL 1.0.0b to address a vulnerability that may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code. US-CERT recommends that users and administrators of this product update to OpenSSL version 1.0.0b or apply the workaround provided in the OpenSSL security advisory. Because OpenSSL...

Adobe Releases Security Updates for Reader and Acrobat

Adobe has released security updates for Reader and Acrobat for Windows and Macintosh. These updates address multiple vulnerabilities including those described in security advisory APSA10-05, a recent Adobe PSIRT blog entry, and security bulletin APSB10-26. Exploitation of these vulnerabilities ma...

Apple Releases Mac OS X v10.6.5 and Security Update 2010-007

Apple has released Mac OS X v10.6.5 and Security Update 2010-007 to address multiple vulnerabilities affecting a number of packages. Exploitation of these vulnerabilities may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code, obtain sensitive information, conduct cross-site scripting attacks, cause a...

Adobe Releases Security Update for Flash Media Server

Adobe has released Flash Media Server 4.0.1, 3.5.5, and 3.0.7 to address multiple vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code. US-CERT encourages users and administrators to review Adobe security bulletin APSB10-27 and apply appropriate updates to help...

Insecure Loading of Dynamic Link Libraries in Windows Applications

US-CERT is aware of a class of vulnerabilities related to how some Windows applications may load external dynamic link libraries DLLs. When an application loads a DLL without specifying a fully qualified path name, Windows will attempt to locate the DLL by searching a defined set of directories. ...

Microsoft Releases November Security Bulletin

Microsoft has released updates to address vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office and Forefront United Access Gateway as part of the Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for November 2010. These vulnerabilities may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code or operate with elevated privileges. US-CER...

Cisco Releases Vulnerability Alert for Intelligent Contact Manager

Cisco has released a vulnerability alert to inform users of a vulnerability affecting the Intelligent Contact Manager Setup Manager. This vulnerability may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code. US-CERT encourages users and administrators to review the vulnerability alert and consider...

Adobe Releases Security Update for Flash Player

Adobe has released Flash Player 10.1.102.64 for Windows, Macintosh, Linux, and Solaris to address multiple vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code, cause a denial-of-service condition, or bypass cross-domain policy file restrictions. The Adobe securi...

Microsoft Releases Advance Notification for November Security Bulletin

Microsoft has issued an Security Bulletin Advance Notification indicating that its November release will contain three bulletins. One of these bulletins will have the severity rating of critical and will be for Microsoft Office. The remaining two bulletins will have the severity rating of importa...