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...

Cisco Releases Security Advisory for Small Business Video Surveillance Cameras and 4-Port Gigabit Security Routers

Cisco has released a security advisory to address a vulnerability that affects Cisco Small Business Video Surveillance Cameras and Cisco RVS4000 4-Port Gigabit Security Routers. This vulnerability may allow an unprivileged user to gain full administrative access on the device or obtain sensitive...

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...

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...

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...

Apple Releases Security Update 2010-003

Apple has released security update 2010-003 to address a vulnerability in the ATS package. This vulnerability may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code. US-CERT encourages users and administrators to review Apple article HT4131 and apply any necessary updates to help mitigate the risks. Thi...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Microsoft Releases Advance Notification for Out-of-Band Security Bulletin

Microsoft has issued a Security Bulletin Advance Notification indicating that it will be releasing an out-of-band security bulletin. This bulletin will address a vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 and Internet Explorer 7. The notification states that release of this bulletin is...

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...

Copyright Infringement Lawsuit Email Scam

US-CERT is aware of public reports of an active email scam. These emails, which appear to come from seemingly legitimate law firms, indicate that someone has filed a copyright lawsuit against the message recipient. The messages may contain malicious attachments or web links. If a user opens the...

US Tax Season 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 United States tax season. Due to the upcoming tax deadline, US-CERT reminds users to remain cautious when receiving unsolicited email that could be part of a potenti...

Cisco Releases Security Advisories for IOS Software

Cisco has released a bundled publication, which contains seven security advisories, to address multiple vulnerabilities in Cisco IOS Software. These vulnerabilities may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial-of-service condition. US-CERT encourages users and administrators ...

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....

CA Releases Updates for ARCserve Backup

CA has released updates to address vulnerabilities in the version of Java JRE bundled with ARCserve Backup. These vulnerabilities in Java JRE may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code, bypass security restrictions, cause a denial-of-service condition, or obtain sensitive information. US-CER...

Zeus Trojan Campaign Warning

US-CERT is aware of public reports of malicious code circulating via spam email messages impersonating the Department of Homeland Security DHS. The attacks arrive via unsolicited email messages that may contain subject lines related to DHS or other government activity. These messages may contain ...

Apple Releases Safari 4.0.5

Apple has released Safari 4.0.5 to address multiple vulnerabilities in ColorSync, ImageIO, PubSub, Safari, and WebKit. These vulnerabilities may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code, cause a denial-of-service condition, obtain sensitive information, or bypass security restrictions...

Microsoft Releases March Security Bulletin

Microsoft has released an update to address vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows and Office as part of the Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for March 2010. These vulnerabilities may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code. US-CERT encourages users and administrators to review the bulletins...

Energizer DUO USB Battery Charger Software Allows Remote System Access

US-CERT is aware of a backdoor in the software for the Energizer DUO USB battery charger. This backdoor may allow a remote attacker to list directories, send and receive files, and execute programs on an affected system. The software, which has been discontinued, was available for both Windows an...

Cisco Releases Multiple Security Advisories

Cisco has released three security advisories to address vulnerabilities. Security advisory cisco-sa-20100303-cucm, addresses multiple vulnerabilities in the Cisco Unified Communications Manager which affect the Session Initiation Protocol SIP, Skinny Client Control Protocol SCCP, and the Computer...

Microsoft Releases Advance Notification for March Security Bulletin

Microsoft has issued a Security Bulletin Advance Notification, indicating that its March release cycle will contain two bulletins. These bulletins will have a severity rating of Important and will be for Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Office. Release of these bulletins is scheduled for Tuesday,...

Microsoft Re-Releases Security Bulletin MS10-015

Microsoft has re-released the security update described in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS10-015. This release contains an updated installation package that does not allow the security update to be installed on computers infected with malicious code. Microsoft has also released a Fix-It Tool to...

U.S. Census Bureau 2010 Census Campaign Warning

US-CERT asks users to be vigilant during the U.S. Census Bureau's 2010 Census campaign and to watch for potential census scams. According to the U.S. Census 2010 website, they began delivery of the printed census forms to every resident in the United States on March 1, 2010. The only way to...

Microsoft Releases Security Advisory to Address VBScript Vulnerability

Microsoft has released a security advisory to address a vulnerability in VBScript. The advisory indicates that this vulnerability exists in the way that VBScript interacts with Windows Help files when using Internet Explorer. By convincing a user to view a specially crafted HTML document web page...

Adobe Releases a Security Update for Download Manager

Adobe has released a security bulletin to address a vulnerability in the Adobe Download Manager. This vulnerability could allow an attacker to download and install unauthorized software. US-CERT encourages users and administrators to review security bulletin APSB10-08 and review the steps to...

Mozilla Releases Security Advisories

The Mozilla Foundation has released multiple security advisories to address vulnerabilities in Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird, and SeaMonkey. Exploitation of these vulnerabilities may allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code or bypass security restrictions. US-CERT...

Cisco Releases Multiple Security Advisories

Cisco has released three security advisories to address vulnerabilities. Security advisory, cisco-sa-20100217-fwsm, addresses a vulnerability in the Cisco Firewall Services Module FWSM for the Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Switches and Cisco 7600 Series Routers. Successful and repeated exploitation ...

Google Releases Chrome 4.0.249.89

Google has released Chrome 4.0.249.89 for Windows to address multiple vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code or obtain sensitive information. US-CERT encourages users and administrators to review the Google Chrome Releases blog entry and update to...

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

Adobe has released two security bulletins to address vulnerabilities in Adobe Acrobat, Reader, and Flash Player. The first bulletin, APSB10-06, is a security update for Adobe Flash Player and Adobe AIR that addresses a critical vulnerability. Exploitation of these vulnerabilities may allow an...

Cisco Releases Advisory for IronPort Encryption Appliance

Cisco has released an advisory to address multiple vulnerabilities in IronPort Encryption Appliance. Exploitation of these vulnerabilities may allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code or obtain sensitive information. US-CERT encourages users and administrators to review...

Microsoft Releases February Security Bulletin

Microsoft has released an update to address vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows and Office as part of the Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for February 2010. These vulnerabilities may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code, cause a denial-of-service condition, or operate with elevated...

Oracle Releases Security Alert for WebLogic Server Vulnerability

Oracle has released a security alert to address a vulnerability in Oracle WebLogic Server. Exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary commands on an affected system. US-CERT encourages users and administrators to review the Oracle security...

Apple Releases iPhone OS 3.1.3 and iPhone OS 3.1.3 for iPod touch

Apple has released iPhone OS 3.1.3 and iPhone OS 3.1.3 for iPod touch to address vulnerabilities in the CoreAudio, ImageIO, Recovery Mode and WebKit packages. Exploitation of these vulnerabilities may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code, cause a denial-of-service condition, or obtain...

Microsoft Releases Advance Notification for February Security Bulletin

Microsoft has issued a Security Bulletin Advance Notification, indicating that its February release cycle will contain 13 bulletins. Five of them will have a severity rating of Critical and will be for Microsoft Windows. The remaining eight bulletins have an Important rating and are for Microsoft...

Microsoft Releases Security Advisory 980088

Microsoft has released Security Advisory 980088 to alert users of a vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer. The advisory indicates that exploitation of this vulnerability may allow an attacker to harvest user credentials and other sensitive information by enticing users to visit a malicious...

Cisco Releases Security Advisory for Unified MeetingPlace

Cisco has released a security advisory to address multiple vulnerabilities in Unified MeetingPlace. These vulnerabilities may allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to obtain sensitive information, manipulate configuration data, create unauthorized accounts, operate with elevated privileges or...

Google Releases Chrome 4.0.249.78

Google has released Chrome 4.0.249.78 for Windows to address multiple vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code, obtain sensitive information, bypass security restrictions, or cause a denial-of-service condition. US-CERT encourages users and...

RealNetworks, Inc. Releases Updates to Address Vulnerabilities

RealNetworks, Inc. has released updates to address multiple vulnerabilities in several versions of RealPlayer for Windows, Mac, and Linux and several versions of the Helix Player for Linux. These vulnerabilities may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code. US-CERT encourages users and...