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Rogue MD5 SSL Certificate Vulnerabilityadded December 30, 2008 at 05:05 pm | updated December 31, 2008 at 05:54 pm
US-CERT is aware of a public report describing how MD5 collisions can be leveraged to generate rogue SSL CA certificates. A rogue CA certificate could be used by an attacker to generate valid SSL certificates for arbitrary web sites. Using these certificates in DNS redirection attacks, an attacker could spoof an SSL protected web site and obtain sensitive information. Worm Exploiting Vulnerability described in MS08-067added December 31, 2008 at 02:04 pm | updated December 31, 2008 at 05:54 pm
US-CERT is aware of a public report of a worm circulating that has the capability of exploiting the patched vulnerability described in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS08-067.
US-CERT will continue to monitor this activity and provide updates as needed. Malware Spreading via Malicious Ecardsadded December 31, 2008 at 02:04 pm | updated December 31, 2008 at 05:54 pm
US-CERT is aware of public reports of malware spreading via malicious electronic greeting cards (ecards) related to the Christmas and New Year's holidays. The reports indicate that the malware is spreading via emails containing a link to a malicious ecard. If a user clicks on the link, they will be prompted to download an executable file. If the user accepts the download, malware may be installed onto their system.
Mozilla Releases Thunderbird 2.0.0.19added December 31, 2008 at 02:04 pm
Mozilla has released Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 to address multiple vulnerabilities. The impacts of these vulnerabilities include arbitrary code execution, information disclosure, and denial of service. As described in the Mozilla Foundation Security Advisories, some of these vulnerabilities also affect Firefox but were addressed in the previously released Firefox 3.0.5 update. Trend Micro Releases Updates for HouseCalladded December 23, 2008 at 10:53 am
Trend Micro has released a patch to address a vulnerability in HouseCall 6.6. This vulnerability may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code. Visitors to the publicly available HouseCall application may receive an older, vulnerable version of the control. Microsoft Releases Security Advisory (961040)added December 23, 2008 at 08:29 am | updated December 23, 2008 at 10:44 am
Microsoft has released Security Advisory 961040 to address reports of attacks against a new vulnerability in Microsoft SQL Server 2000, Microsoft SQL Server 2005, Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express Edition, Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Desktop Engine, Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Desktop Engine, and Windows Internal Database. The vulnerability occurs in the extended stored procedure "sp_replwriteovarbin." Exploitation of this vulnerability may allow an authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code. Additionally, if a web application is vulnerable to SQL injection, an unauthenticated, remote attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code. Microsoft Releases Security Bulletin MS08-078added December 17, 2008 at 01:39 pm
Microsoft has released Security Bulletin MS08-078 to address a vulnerability in Internet Explorer. This vulnerability is due to an invalid pointer reference in the data binding function. By convincing a user to view a specially crafted document that performs data binding (e.g., a web page, email message, or attachment), a remote, unauthenticated attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code. Mozilla has released Firefox 3.0.5added December 17, 2008 at 10:00 am
Mozilla has released Firefox 3.0.5 to address multiple vulnerabilities. The impacts of these vulnerabilities include cross-site scripting and information disclosure. As described in the Mozilla Foundation Security Advisories, some of these vulnerabilities may also affect Thunderbird.
Opera Software releases Opera Version 9.63added December 17, 2008 at 09:45 am
Opera Software has released Opera Version 9.63 to address multiple vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code, conduct cross-site scripting, or cause a denial-of-service condition.
Microsoft Releases Advance Notificationadded December 16, 2008 at 06:11 pm
Microsoft has released a Security Bulletin Advance Notification indicating that an out-of-band Security Bulletin will be released. This bulletin will address a remote code execution vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer. Release of this Bulletin is scheduled for Wednesday, December 17. |
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