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- Oracle patches DB, apps
- Oracle patches DB, appsOracle Critical Patch Update Risk Matrix & CVSSHi Larry! This is Eric Maurice of Oracle. An important document for Oracle customers, the Critical Patch Update CPU Advisory lists vulnerabilities addressed in the CPU as well as provides other information related to the patches (affected platforms,...
- Tags: SECURITY, Common Vulnerability Scoring System, vulnerability, Oracle Corp., Critical Patch Update, matrice, CVSS 2.0, severity
- Discussion threads 2008-04-16
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- RIM ships fix for BlackBerry code execution bug
- Just a quick note to update a story I wrote last week on an unpatched remote execution vulnerability affecting BlackBerry business users: Research in Motion RIM has finally shipped patches to cover the issue, which affects the BlackBerry Attachment Service component of the BlackBerry Enterprise Server. ...
- Tags: Research In Motion Ltd., RIM BlackBerry, Handhelds, Hardware, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-07-22
- Unpatched code execution bug haunts BlackBerry
- Security alerts aggregator Secunia has raised an alarm for a "highly critical" vulnerability that puts users of the BlackBerry Enterprise Server at risk of code execution attacks. Technical details of bug are not available but Secunia says it is caused by an unspecified error in the BlackBerry...
- Tags: Adobe PDF, Smart Phone, RIM BlackBerry, Handhelds, Smart Phones, Hardware, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-07-17
- Cisco plugs holes in Voice Portal, SSH implementation
- It's Patch Day in the land of Cisco. The network routing and switching giant today released three security bulletins with patches for multiple vulnerabilities affecting the Cisco Voice Portal and the Secure Shell server SSH implementation in Cisco IOS. The most serious of the...
- Tags: Voice, Vulnerability, SSH, Cisco Systems Inc., Portal, Security, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-05-21
- Security: Lintel vs Wintel
- In the PC community "security" just means defending against attacks aimed at destroying or misusing all or part of a computer system. In that context most of the complexities associated with trying to decide whether wintel or lintel will expose you to less security risk arise from the absense of...
- Tags: Wintel, Attacker, Vulnerability, Flaw, National Vulnerability Database, Petreley, Security, Paul Murphy
- Blog posts 2008-03-24
- Cisco plugs CallManager vulnerability that rates a '10'
- Cisco Systems on Wednesday shipped a high priority fix for its Cisco Unified Communications Manager software, formerly known as CallManager. Cisco gave the flaw, which allows remote code executions, a CVSS Base Score of 10, the highest rating available. According to Cisco's advisory, CallManager...
- Tags: Vulnerability, Cisco Systems Inc., Certificate Trust List Provider Service, Certificate Trust List, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-01-16
- Oracle patch batch fixes 26 flaws
- Oracle as expected released its quarterly batch of security fixes Tuesday. In a blog post, Oracle said: Oracle today released the January 2008 Critical Patch Update (CPUJan2008). This Critical Patch Update CPU addresses a total of 26 vulnerabilities affecting Oracle Database Server, Oracle Application Server, Oracle...
- Tags: Oracle Database Server, Oracle Corp., Vulnerability, Server, Flaw, Databases, Enterprise Software, Security, Software, Data Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-01-15
- Critical flaw in Cisco Security Agent for Windows
- Switching and networking vendor Cisco is warning of a critical vulnerability affecting the Cisco Security Agent for Microsoft Windows. The flaw, which carries a CVSS rating of 10.0 the highest possible severity score, can be exploited remotely and causes corruption of kernel memory, which leads to...
- Tags: Agent, Microsoft Windows, TCP, Cisco Systems Inc., Flaw, Real Estate, Tcp/Ip, Business Operations, Networking, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2007-12-06
- Oracle to patch 51 database, server flaws next Tuesday
- Database and server giant Oracle plans to issue patches for a total of 51 security vulnerabilities next Tuesday (October 16). According to an advance notice from Redwood City, the October Critical Patch Update will address flaws affecting Oracle Database, Oracle Application Server, Oracle E-Business Suite, Oracle Enterprise...
- Tags: Oracle Enterprise Manager, Oracle Application Server, Database, Oracle Corp., Vulnerability, Server, Flaw, Security, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2007-10-12
- Windows vs Linux security report card redux
- Orlando, Florida -- Jeff Jones has expanded his project to count security flaws publicly reported and fixed in the major workstation operating systems and his latest numbers show Windows Vista has by far the best security profile when compared to the major Linux distributions.Jeff Jones, security strategy director in Microsoft's...
- Tags: Apple, Black Hat, Botnets, Browsers, Data theft, Digital rights management, Exploit code, Firefox, Google, McAfee, Microsoft, Mozilla, Open source, Passwords, Patch Watch, Pen testing, Piracy, Responsible disclosure, Vulnerability research, Windows Vista, Zero-day attacks
- Blog posts 2007-06-06
- Oracle Patch Day: 37 flaws fixed
- Oracle has released its quarterly "critical patch update" with fixes for a total of 37 security holes in its database and application server products.The April 2007 CPU addresses a wide range of vulnerabilities affecting the following product lines:* Oracle Database (14 flaws, including one with a CVSS base score of...
- Tags: Vulnerability research, Pen testing, Uncategorized, Responsible disclosure, Patch Watch, Oracle, Metasploit, Hackers, Exploit code, Data theft
- Blog posts 2007-04-17
- Apple bumper patch vindicates MOAB, MOKB hackers
- When the controversial Month of Apple Bugs MOAB project ended earlier this year, a derisive "that was it?" reaction could be heard coming from the Mac faithful.Outside of a QuickTime code execution exploit which required user interaction, the majority of the MOAB vulnerabilities released dealt with denial-of-service crashes and privilege...
- Tags: Patches, Apple Computer Inc., security, Apple Macintosh
- Blog posts 2007-03-14
- Old Windows kernel bug comes back to bite
- On October 22, 2004, Argentine hacker Cesar Cerrudo approached Microsoft with the discovery of a Windows Kernel GDI local privilege escalation vulnerability. At the time, Cerrudo said Redmonds security response team deemed it a "design problem" and filed it away as something "to be fixed in a future service...
- Tags: SECURITY, Intrusion detection, exploit, vulnerability, Microsoft Windows
- Blog posts 2007-03-12
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