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Jason Meserve provides up-to-the-minute news on vendor security alerts and fixes.
Apple patches 25 Mac OS X security vulnerabilities
Apple Tuesday issued its fourth security Mac OS X update of the year, patching 25 vulnerabilities, nearly half of them considered
critical. The company also updated Safari for the Mac to plug a hole already fixed in the Windows version of the browser and
released an update to bring the OS to version 10.5.4. Computerworld, 07/03/2008.
Apple advisory
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Mozilla patches 13 bugs in Firefox 2
After patching its older Firefox 2.0 yesterday to quash 13 bugs, Mozilla Corp. announced that it would end support for the
browser in mid-December. Firefox 2.0.0.15 addresses 13 vulnerabilities, five of which the open-source company rated "critical,"
according to advisories posted on Mozilla's site Tuesday. Of the remaining bugs, four were labeled "high," two as "moderate,"
and two as "low." Computerworld, 07/02/2008.
After reading the highlights of this survey ("Study: Unpatched Web browsers prevalent on the Internet"), it's important to update Firefox 2.0 browsers as soon as possible.
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Two new updates from Gentoo:
Python (multiple integer overflows, code execution)
Motion (multiple flaws, code execution)
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Two new fixes from rPath:
wireshark (denial of service, information disclosure)
mercurial (authenication bypass, file overwrite)
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Two new patches from Ubuntu:
Samba (regression error)
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Today's malware news:
Trojan lurks, waiting to steal admin passwords
The criminals behind the Coreflood Trojan are using the software to steal banking and brokerage account usernames and passwords.
They've amassed a 50G-byte database of this information from the machines they've infected, according to Joe Stewart, director
of malware research with security vendor SecureWorks. IDG News Service, 07/01/2008.
F-Secure warns against new, efficient malware
Watch out for the newest generation of malware that is difficult to crack and efficient, warns antivirus firm F-Secure. Computerworld,
07/01/2008.
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From the interesting reading department:
Clear Choice Test: Security management tools come up short
After 10 years on the market, products should be better at reporting, usability and advanced correlation features. Network
World, 06/30/2008.
Jason Meserve is multimedia editor at Network World.
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