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Chinese blogs detail zero-day flaw in Microsoft Works
Chinese-language blogs are detailing a zero-day vulnerability in Microsoft Works, the company's lower-end office productivity
suite, according to security vendor McAfee. The vulnerability is within an ActiveX control for the Works' Image Server, wrote
McAfee analyst Kevin Beets. A PC would need to visit a Web site engineered to exploit the flaw, Beets wrote.
McAfee Avert Labs blog: Potential Microsoft Works ActiveX Zero-Day Surfaces
Microsoft rings alarm on Windows rights bug
Microsoft Corp. yesterday issued a security alert to warn users of a bug in most versions of Windows, but didn't promise to
fix the flaw or -- if it does patch the problem -- say when a fix would be released. Computerworld, 04/18/08.
Microsoft: Vulnerability in Windows Could Allow Elevation of Privilege
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Seven new patches from Gentoo:
PowerDNS Recursor (DNS cache poisoning)
Adobe Flash Player (multiple flaws)
PHP Toolkit (data leak, denial of service)
rsync (buffer overflow, code execution)
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Two new updates from Ubuntu:
Squid (denial of service)
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Six new fixes from Debian:
mplayer (input sanitization, code execution)
ClamAV (buffer overflows, code execution)
openoffice.org (multiple flaws)
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Three new patches from Mandriva:
ClamAV (buffer overflows, code execution)
policykit (format string, denial of service)
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Today's malware news:
Loads.CC Bot Still Live, Still Targeted
Enough has been written about the Loads.CC team to probably give you enough of a picture that you need to know. Some reports
suggested they went away, but they didn't. They’re still active. See these reports by RBN exploit, CIO magazine, 2-viruses.com,
this PC Week article by Scott B, and Adam T for a good background. The team is still quite active. Security to the Core blog,
04/17/08.
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