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Sun Releases Update 17 for Java SE 6

by on Nov.04, 2009, under Uncategorized

Sun has released update 17 for Java SE JDK 6 and Java SE JRE 6 to
address multiple vulnerabilities. The impacts of these vulnerabilities
include arbitrary code execution, privilege escalation, denial of
service, and information disclosure.

We encourage users and administrators to review the Java the
Java SE 6 Update 17 release notes and apply any necessary updates to
help mitigate the risks.

Relevant Url(s):
<http://java.sun.com/javase/6/webnotes/6u17.html>

<http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp>

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Latest High Risk Vulnerabilities

by on Nov.02, 2009, under Uncategorized

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Vendor — Product Description Published
acoustica — mp3_audio_mixer Heap-based buffer overflow in Acoustica MP3 Audio Mixer 2.471 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via a long string in a .M3U playlist file. 2009-10-27
adam_gerson — moodle_courselist SQL injection vulnerability in Moodle Course List 6.x before 6.x-1.2, a module for Drupal, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via unspecified vectors. 2009-10-26
assistanttools — music_tag_editor Stack-based buffer overflow in Music Tag Editor 1.61 build 212 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an MP3 file with a long ID3 tag. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information. 2009-10-27
cutepdf — formmax Heap-based buffer overflow in FormMax (formerly AcroForm) evaluation 3.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted FormMax import (.aim) file. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information. 2009-10-26
dedecms — dedecms SQL injection vulnerability in feedback_js.php in DedeCMS 5.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the arcurl parameter. 2009-10-27
fijiwebdesign — com_ajaxchat PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in Fiji Web Design Ajax Chat (com_ajaxchat) component 1.0 for Joomla! allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the GLOBALS[mosConfig_absolute_path] parameter to tests/ajcuser.php. 2009-10-28
flagbit — fb_filebase SQL injection vulnerability in the Flagbit Filebase (fb_filebase) extension 0.1.0 for TYPO3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via unspecified vectors. 2009-10-28
kramware — mixsense_dj_studio MixSense DJ Studio 1.0.0.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long string in an .mp3 playlist file. 2009-10-27
linux — kernel
linux — kernel
Integer overflow in the kvm_dev_ioctl_get_supported_cpuid function in arch/x86/kvm/x86.c in the KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.31.4 allows local users to have an unspecified impact via a KVM_GET_SUPPORTED_CPUID request to the kvm_arch_dev_ioctl function. 2009-10-29
michael_j_greenwood — php_content_manager Directory traversal vulnerability in include/processor.php in Greenwood PHP Content Manager 0.3.2 allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the content_path parameter. 2009-10-28
mixvibes — mixvibes Stack-based buffer overflow in MixVibes 7.043 Pro allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long string in a .vib file. 2009-10-27
mozilla — firefox Array index error in Mozilla Firefox 3.0.x before 3.0.15 and 3.5.x before 3.5.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long string that triggers incorrect memory allocation and a heap-based buffer overflow during conversion to a floating-point number. 2009-10-29
mozilla — firefox Use-after-free vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox 3.5.x before 3.5.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code by creating JavaScript web-workers recursively. 2009-10-29
mozilla — firefox
mozilla — seamonkey
Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.15 and 3.5.x before 3.5.4, and SeaMonkey before 2.0, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted regular expression in a Proxy Auto-configuration (PAC) file. 2009-10-29
mozilla — firefox
mozilla — seamonkey
Heap-based buffer overflow in the GIF image parser in Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.15 and 3.5.x before 3.5.4, and SeaMonkey before 2.0, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors. 2009-10-29
mozilla — firefox The XPCVariant::VariantDataToJS function in the XPCOM implementation in Mozilla Firefox 3.0.x before 3.0.15 and 3.5.x before 3.5.4 does not enforce intended restrictions on interaction between chrome privileged code and objects obtained from remote web sites, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript with chrome privileges via unspecified method calls, related to “doubly-wrapped objects.” 2009-10-29
mozilla — firefox
mozilla — seamonkey
Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.15 and 3.5.x before 3.5.4, and SeaMonkey before 2.0, does not properly handle a right-to-left override (aka RLO or U+202E) Unicode character in a download filename, which allows remote attackers to spoof file extensions via a crafted filename, as demonstrated by displaying a non-executable extension for an executable file. 2009-10-29
mozilla — firefox Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in liboggz before cf5feeaab69b05e24, as used in Mozilla Firefox 3.5.x before 3.5.4, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors. 2009-10-29
mozilla — firefox The oggplay_data_handle_theora_frame function in media/liboggplay/src/liboggplay/oggplay_data.c in liboggplay, as used in Mozilla Firefox 3.5.x before 3.5.4, attempts to reuse an earlier frame data structure upon encountering a decoding error for the first frame, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted .ogg video file. 2009-10-29
mozilla — firefox Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in libvorbis, as used in Mozilla Firefox 3.5.x before 3.5.4, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors. NOTE: this might overlap CVE-2009-2663. 2009-10-29
mozilla — firefox Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox 3.0.x before 3.0.15 and 3.5.x before 3.5.4 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors. 2009-10-29
mozilla — firefox Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox 3.5.x before 3.5.4 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors. 2009-10-29
mozilla — firefox layout/base/nsCSSFrameConstructor.cpp in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox 3.0.x before 3.0.15 does not properly handle first-letter frames, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors. 2009-10-29
mozilla — firefox Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the JavaScript engine in Mozilla Firefox 3.5.x before 3.5.4 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors. 2009-10-29
opendocman — opendocman SQL injection vulnerability in index.php in OpenDocMan 1.2.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the frmuser (aka Username) parameter. 2009-10-26
opendocman — opendocman SQL injection vulnerability in index.php in OpenDocMan 1.2.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the frmpass (aka Password) parameter. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information. 2009-10-27
ordasoft — com_booklibrary PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in doc/releasenote.php in the BookLibrary (com_booklibrary) component 1.0 for Joomla! allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the mosConfig_absolute_path parameter, a different vector than CVE-2009-2637. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information. 2009-10-28
otslabs — otsav_dj
otslabs — otsav_radio
otslabs — otsav_tv
Heap-based buffer overflow in OtsAV DJ trial version 1.85.64.0, Radio trial version 1.85.64.0, TV trial version 1.85.64.0, and Free version 1.77.001 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long playlist in an Ots File List (.ofl) file. 2009-10-27
qemu — qemu Multiple use-after-free vulnerabilities in vnc.c in the VNC server in QEMU 0.10.6 and earlier might allow guest OS users to execute arbitrary code on the host OS by establishing a connection from a VNC client and then (1) disconnecting during data transfer, (2) sending a message using incorrect integer data types, or (3) using the Fuzzy Screen Mode protocol, related to double free vulnerabilities. 2009-10-23
quicksketch — filefield The filefield_file_download function in FileField 6.x-3.1, a module for Drupal, does not properly check node-access permissions for Drupal core private files, which allows remote attackers to access unauthorized files via unspecified vectors. 2009-10-26
sahana — sahana Directory traversal vulnerability in www/index.php in Sahana 0.6.2.2 allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the mod parameter. 2009-10-26
stanislas_rolland — sr_freecap Unspecified vulnerability in the session handling feature in freeCap CAPTCHA (sr_freecap) extension 1.2.0 and earlier for TYPO3 has unknown impact and attack vectors. 2009-10-28
thomas_graber — gencms Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in GenCMS 2006 allow remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the (1) p parameter to show.php and the (2) Template parameter to admin/pages/SiteNew.php. 2009-10-28
urs_maag — maag_randomimage Unspecified vulnerability in the Random Images (maag_randomimage) extension 1.6.4 and earlier for TYPO3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary shell commands via unspecified vectors. 2009-10-28
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Philly Spy Shop

by on Oct.29, 2009, under Uncategorized

Just about anyone has seen James Bond movies and most little boys wanted to be him after seeing action packed spy movie.  If you are not a kid anymore and are still interested in spy gadgets, techniques, gear etc., you should check out Philly Spy Shop. Located in the center of notheast part of Philadelphia, this shop has attracted a lot of attention. There you can buy mobile lie detectors, GPS tracking devices, hidden cameras (they can hide a camera almost anywhere – in a hat, pan, clock, soda can, fire alarm etc.), spy and law enforcement clothes, you can unblock “unknown” called ID numbers, change your phone number to any other number, get complete surveillance system, listening devices (like the ones you see in the movies), and much much more.

Whenever I go to Philly Spy Shop, I feel like a kid again, playing with gadgets and asking millions of questions.  So whenever you get that inner spy calling, stop by and check out different products that they have (explosions not included) and don’t forget to mention that IDF sent you.

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Mozilla Releases Firefox 3.0.15 and Firefox 3.5.4

by on Oct.28, 2009, under Uncategorized

October 28, 2009

Mozilla has released Firefox 3.0.15 and Firefox 3.5.4 to address
multiple vulnerabilities. Exploitation of these vulnerabilities may
allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code, execute arbitrary
JavaScript with chrome privileges, or cause a denial-of-service
condition. As described in the Mozilla Foundation Security Advisories,
some of these vulnerabilities may also affect SeaMonkey.

We encourage users to review the Mozilla Foundation security
advisories for Firefox 3.0 and Firefox 3.5 and apply any necessary
updates or workarounds to help mitigate the risks.

Relevant Url(s):
<http://www.mozilla.org/security/known-vulnerabilities/firefox35.html>

<http://www.mozilla.org/security/known-vulnerabilities/firefox30.html>

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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Warns Public of Fraudulent Email

by on Oct.27, 2009, under Uncategorized

October 27, 2009

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) has released
information warning the public about fraudulent email messages
purporting to come from the FDIC. These email messages provides a link
to a fraudulent FDIC website. Users are then instructed to download
their “personal FDIC Insurance File.”

More information regarding these messages can be found in the Federal
Deposit Insurance Corporation’s Consumer Alerts website.

Users are encouraged to take the following measures to protect
themselves from this type of phishing scam:
* Do not follow unsolicited web links received in email messages.
* Verify the website by manually typing the URL when attempting to
connect to web sites recommended in an email.
* Refer to the Avoiding Social Engineering and Phishing Attacks
document for more information on social engineering attacks.

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President Barack Obama and BlackBerry

by on Oct.26, 2009, under Uncategorized

You have probably heard by now that Barack Obama kept his BlackBerry after taking office of the president of the United States.  As you might expect, there are many security questions that must be answered. Main question is “is Barack Obama transmitting any sensitive information over his BlackBerry that would compromise national security?” and if so “how well is it protected?”

White House Deputy Chief Of Staff Joseph Hagin said, while answering a question on what type of information can be transmitted over president’s phone: “There are very few laws and regulations, actually. With a couple notable exceptions, he has complete discretion as to how he’s going to communicate.  One area where there’s really not much discretion is the laws related to the security of classified information. And by classified information I mean technically classified information — documents or subject matters that are classified under the government system as either confidential, secret, top secret, or what they call sensitive compartmentalized information, SCI. That information may not be discussed on an open line, be it wireless or phone. That information can only be discussed or transmitted over devices that are approved for the transmission of classified information.”

Secret service is facing a real challenge here. They are not only responsible for physical safety of the president, but they are also responsible for electronic intrusions. Another issue is the Presidential Records Act. Law states that any official communication by the president or his staff must be retained for inclusion in the archives. That information is retained for 12 years after the last day of the administration.  Hagin went on to expand further: “Then the White House lawyers and the Justice Department have a concern because of the Records Act and making sure all of that is captured. But they also have a concern which is really more of a political concern… The ease with which people can hack into these devices and intercept information and plant spyware on them and all those sorts of things. If someone did get hold of his messages, even though they’re not classified… Imagine if a friend of his or a relative of his sent him something that was controversial, and that somehow got into the public domain. You can imagine, given the game of “gotcha” that’s played in Washington, the questions that would come: Did the president repudiate his friend? Did the president cut off contact with his friend? Does the president agree with his friend? All of a sudden, you have the president having to defend information that he had no control over receiving. It just appeared on his BlackBerry one day, it was leaked somehow or intercepted somehow, and suddenly became a permanent presidential record. One of the things that I’m hoping happens is that business and industry looks at this… and realizes how vulnerable they are. Because if you have sensitive proprietary information — Look at the banking industry. The decisions that they’re making are billion-dollar decisions. I’d bet that there are people out there trying as hard as they can to mine that information… Unlike in the late 90s when people wanted to announce that they’d hacked into half a million computers, today people want to do it covertly. They want to leave no fingerprints and no footprints because they want to be able to access this information on a continuing basis in order to benefit financially. That’s really the crux of the matter.”

Working in the mobile security industry, I get uneasy feeling when I start to think of who might get their hands on the information transmitted by president’s BlackBerry. Unintentionally Barack might open a whole new security whole in this nation’s infrastructure and I would easily bet a million dollars on the fact that there are nations and organizations out there today that are trying to intercept president’s communication through his cell phone.

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High Risk Vulnerability Summary for third week of October

by on Oct.26, 2009, under Uncategorized

Vendor — Product Description Published CVSS Score
adobe — acrobat
adobe — acrobat_reader
Integer overflow in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 7.x before 7.1.4, 8.x before 8.1.7, and 9.x before 9.2 allows attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors. 2009-10-19 9.3
adobe — acrobat
adobe — acrobat_reader
Adobe Reader and Acrobat 7.x before 7.1.4, 8.x before 8.1.7, and 9.x before 9.2 do not properly validate input, which might allow attackers to bypass intended Trust Manager restrictions via unspecified vectors. 2009-10-19 9.3
adobe — acrobat
adobe — acrobat_reader
An unspecified certificate in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x before 9.2, 8.x before 8.1.7, and possibly 7.x through 7.1.4 might allow remote attackers to conduct a “social engineering attack” via unknown vectors. 2009-10-19 9.3
adobe — acrobat
adobe — acrobat_reader
Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x before 9.2, 8.x before 8.1.7, and possibly 7.x through 7.1.4 allow attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors. 2009-10-19 9.3
adobe — acrobat Unspecified vulnerability in the image decoder in Adobe Acrobat 9.x before 9.2, and possibly 7.x through 7.1.4 and 8.x through 8.1.7, allows attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors. 2009-10-19 9.3
adobe — acrobat
adobe — acrobat_reader
Adobe Reader and Acrobat 7.x before 7.1.4, 8.x before 8.1.7, and 9.x before 9.2 allow attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2009-2996. 2009-10-19 9.3
adobe — acrobat
adobe — acrobat_reader
Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 7.x before 7.1.4, 8.x before 8.1.7, and 9.x before 9.2 might allow attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors. 2009-10-19 9.3
adobe — acrobat Integer overflow in Adobe Acrobat 9.x before 9.2, 8.x before 8.1.7, and possibly 7.x through 7.1.4 might allow attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors. 2009-10-19 9.3
adobe — acrobat
adobe — acrobat_reader
Array index error in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x before 9.2, 8.x before 8.1.7, and possibly 7.x through 7.1.4 might allow attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors. 2009-10-19 9.3
adobe — acrobat
adobe — acrobat_reader
Unspecified vulnerability in the Mozilla plug-in in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 8.x before 8.1.7, and possibly 7.x before 7.1.4 and 9.x before 9.2, might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors. 2009-10-19 9.3
adobe — acrobat
adobe — acrobat_reader
The JavaScript for Acrobat API in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 7.x before 7.1.4, 8.x before 8.1.7, and 9.x before 9.2 does not properly implement the (1) Privileged Context and (2) Safe Path restrictions for unspecified JavaScript methods, which allows remote attackers to create arbitrary files, and possibly execute arbitrary code, via the cPath parameter in a crafted PDF file. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information. 2009-10-19 9.3
adobe — acrobat
adobe — acrobat_reader
Buffer overflow in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 7.x before 7.1.4, 8.x before 8.1.7, and 9.x before 9.2 might allow attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors. 2009-10-19 9.3
adobe — acrobat
adobe — acrobat_reader
Adobe Reader and Acrobat 7.x before 7.1.4, 8.x before 8.1.7, and 9.x before 9.2 allow attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2009-2985. 2009-10-19 9.3
adobe — acrobat
adobe — acrobat_reader
Heap-based buffer overflow in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 7.x before 7.1.4, 8.x before 8.1.7, and 9.x before 9.2 might allow attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors. 2009-10-19 9.3
adobe — acrobat
adobe — acrobat_reader
Adobe Reader and Acrobat 7.x before 7.1.4, 8.x before 8.1.7, and 9.x before 9.2 do not properly validate input, which might allow attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2009-3458. 2009-10-19 9.3
adobe — acrobat
adobe — acrobat_reader
Adobe Reader and Acrobat 7.x before 7.1.4, 8.x before 8.1.7, and 9.x before 9.2 do not properly validate input, which might allow attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2009-2998. 2009-10-19 9.3
adobe — acrobat Adobe Acrobat 9.x before 9.2, 8.x before 8.1.7, and possibly 7.x through 7.1.4 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors. 2009-10-19 9.3
adobe — acrobat Unspecified vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat 9.x before 9.2 allows attackers to bypass intended file-extension restrictions via unknown vectors. 2009-10-19 9.3
baidu — baidux
uitv — uiplayer
Stack-based buffer overflow in the GetUiDllVersion function in an ActiveX control in UiCheck.dll before 1.0.0.7 in UiTV UiPlayer, as used in BaiduX and other products, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via the filename parameter. 2009-10-19 9.3
boxalino — boxalino Directory traversal vulnerability in client/desktop/default.htm in Boxalino before 09.05.25-0421 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the url parameter. 2009-10-22 7.5
citrix — xencenterweb SQL injection vulnerability in login.php in sample code in the XenServer Resource Kit in Citrix XenCenterWeb allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the username parameter. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information. 2009-10-22 7.5
citrix — xencenterweb Static code injection vulnerability in config/writeconfig.php in the sample code in the XenServer Resource Kit in Citrix XenCenterWeb allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary PHP code into include/config.ini.php via the pool1 parameter. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information. 2009-10-22 7.5
emc — documentum_applicationxtender_workflow_manager Heap-based buffer overflow in aws_tmxn.exe in the Admin Agent service in the server in EMC Documentum ApplicationXtender Workflow, possibly 5.40 SP1 and earlier, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted packet data to TCP port 2606. 2009-10-22 10.0
emc — documentum_applicationxtender_workflow_manager Directory traversal vulnerability in aws_tmxn.exe in the Admin Agent service in the server in EMC Documentum ApplicationXtender Workflow, possibly 5.40 SP1 and earlier, allows remote attackers to upload arbitrary files, and execute arbitrary code, via directory traversal sequences in requests to TCP port 2606. 2009-10-22 10.0
foolabs — xpdf
poppler — poppler
Integer overflow in the SplashBitmap::SplashBitmap function in Xpdf 3.x before 3.02pl4 and Poppler before 0.12.1 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF document that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information. NOTE: this issue reportedly exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2009-1188. 2009-10-21 9.3
foolabs — xpdf
poppler — poppler
The Splash::drawImage function in Splash.cc in Xpdf 2.x and 3.x before 3.02pl4, and Poppler 0.x, as used in GPdf and kdegraphics KPDF, does not properly allocate memory, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF document that triggers a NULL pointer dereference or a heap-based buffer overflow. 2009-10-21 9.3
foolabs — xpdf
poppler — poppler
Integer overflow in the PSOutputDev::doImageL1Sep function in Xpdf before 3.02pl4, and Poppler 0.x, as used in kdegraphics KPDF, might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF document that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow. 2009-10-21 9.3
foolabs — xpdf
poppler — poppler
Integer overflow in the ObjectStream::ObjectStream function in XRef.cc in Xpdf 3.x before 3.02pl4 and Poppler before 0.12.1, as used in GPdf, kdegraphics KPDF, CUPS pdftops, and teTeX, might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF document that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow. 2009-10-21 9.3
gallium.inria — camimages Multiple integer overflows in tiffread.c in CamlImages 2.2 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via TIFF images containing large width and height values that trigger heap-based buffer overflows. 2009-10-20 7.5
kreotek — phpbms Multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities in phpBMS 0.96 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the (1) id parameter to modules/bms/invoices_discount_ajax.php, (2) f parameter to dbgraphic.php, and (3) tid parameter in a show action to advancedsearch.php. 2009-10-22 7.5
libgd — gd_graphics_library
php — php
The _gdGetColors function in gd_gd.c in PHP 5.2.11 and 5.3.0, and the GD Graphics Library 2.x, does not properly verify a certain colorsTotal structure member, which might allow remote attackers to conduct buffer overflow or buffer over-read attacks via a crafted GD file, a different vulnerability than CVE-2009-3293. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information. 2009-10-19 7.5
linux — kernel The swiotlb functionality in the r8169 driver in drivers/net/r8169.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.27.22 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (IOMMU space exhaustion and system crash) by using jumbo frames for a large amount of network traffic, as demonstrated by a flood ping. 2009-10-19 7.8
lucvil — patplayer Heap-based buffer overflow in LucVil PatPlayer 3.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via a long URI in a playlist (.m3u) file. 2009-10-16 9.3
mysql-ocaml — mysql-ocaml The mysql-ocaml bindings 1.0.4 for MySQL do not properly support the mysql_real_escape_string function, which might allow remote attackers to leverage escaping issues involving multibyte character encodings. 2009-10-22 7.5
opial — opial SQL injection vulnerability in home.php in Opial 1.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the genres_parent parameter. 2009-10-22 7.5
opial — opial Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in Opial 1.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by uploading a file with an executable extension as a User Image, then accessing it via a request to the file in userimages, related to register.php. 2009-10-22 7.5
oracle — database_server Unspecified vulnerability in the Network Authentication component in Oracle Database 10.1.0.5 and 10.2.0.4 allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors. 2009-10-22 10.0
oracle — database_server Unspecified vulnerability in the Network Authentication component in Oracle Database 9.2.0.8, 9.2.0.8DV, 10.1.0.5, and 10.2.0.4 allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors. 2009-10-22 10.0
oracle — database_server Unspecified vulnerability in the Core RDBMS component in Oracle Database 9.2.0.8, 10.1.0.5, and 10.2.0.4 allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors. 2009-10-22 10.0
oracle — bea_product_suite Unspecified vulnerability in the JRockit component in BEA Product Suite R27.6.4: JRE/JDK, 1.4.2, 5, and, and 6 allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors. NOTE: this issue subsumes CVE-2009-2670, CVE-2009-2671, CVE-2009-2672, CVE-2009-2673, CVE-2009-2674, CVE-2009-2675, and CVE-2009-2676. 2009-10-22 10.0
poppler — poppler Integer overflow in the create_surface_from_thumbnail_data function in glib/poppler-page.cc in Poppler 0.x allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF document that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information. 2009-10-21 9.3
postgresql-ocaml — postgresql-ocaml The postgresql-ocaml bindings 1.5.4, 1.7.0, and 1.12.1 for PostgreSQL libpq do not properly support the PQescapeStringConn function, which might allow remote attackers to leverage escaping issues involving multibyte character encodings. 2009-10-22 7.5
pygresql — pygresql The pygresql module 3.8.1 and 4.0 for Python does not properly support the PQescapeStringConn function, which might allow remote attackers to leverage escaping issues involving multibyte character encodings. 2009-10-22 7.5
santostefano_giovanni — toylog SQL injection vulnerability in read.php in ToyLog 0.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the idm parameter. 2009-10-22 7.5
tatsuhiro_tsujikawa — aria2 Format string vulnerability in the AbstractCommand::onAbort function in src/AbstractCommand.cc in aria2 before 1.6.2, when logging is enabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via format string specifiers in a download URI. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information. 2009-10-20 7.6
vmware — fusion Integer overflow in the vmx86 kernel extension in VMware Fusion before 2.0.6 build 196839 allows host OS users to cause a denial of service to the host OS via unspecified vectors. 2009-10-16 7.8
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Avoiding Social Engineering and Phishing Attacks

by on Oct.22, 2009, under Uncategorized

Do not give sensitive information to anyone unless you are sure that they
are indeed who they claim to be and that they should have access to the
information.

What is a social engineering attack?

In a social engineering attack, an attacker uses human interaction (social
skills) to obtain or compromise information about an organization or its
computer systems. An attacker may seem unassuming and respectable, possibly
claiming  to  be a new employee, repair person, or researcher and even
offering credentials to support that identity. However, by asking questions,
he or she may be able to piece together enough information to infiltrate an
organization’s  network.  If  an attacker is not able to gather enough
information from one source, he or she may contact another source within the
same organization and rely on the information from the first source to add
to his or her credibility.

What is a phishing attack?

Phishing is a form of social engineering. Phishing attacks use email or
malicious  websites  to  solicit  personal  information by posing as a
trustworthy organization. For example, an attacker may send email seemingly
from a reputable credit card company or financial institution that requests
account information, often suggesting that there is a problem. When users
respond with the requested information, attackers can use it to gain access
to the accounts.

Phishing attacks may also appear to come from other types of organizations,
such as charities. Attackers often take advantage of current events and
certain times of the year, such as
* natural disasters (e.g., Hurricane Katrina, Indonesian tsunami)
* epidemics and health scares (e.g., H1N1)
* economic concerns (e.g., IRS scams)
* major political elections
* holidays

How do you avoid being a victim?

* Be suspicious of unsolicited phone calls, visits, or email messages from
individuals asking about employees or other internal information. If an
unknown individual claims to be from a legitimate organization, try to
verify his or her identity directly with the company.
* Do  not  provide  personal  information  or information about your
organization,  including its structure or networks, unless you are
certain of a person’s authority to have the information.
* Do not reveal personal or financial information in email, and do not
respond to email solicitations for this information. This includes
following links sent in email.
* Don’t send sensitive information over the Internet before checking a
website’s security (see Protecting Your Privacy for more information).
* Pay attention to the URL of a website. Malicious websites may look
identical to a legitimate site, but the URL may use a variation in
spelling or a different domain (e.g., .com vs. .net).
* If you are unsure whether an email request is legitimate, try to verify
it by contacting the company directly. Do not use contact information
provided on a website connected to the request; instead, check previous
statements for contact information. Information about known phishing
attacks is also available online from groups such as the Anti-Phishing
Working Group (http://www.antiphishing.org).
* Install and maintain anti-virus software, firewalls, and email filters
to  reduce  some  of  this  traffic  (see Understanding Firewalls,
Understanding  Anti-Virus  Software,  and  Reducing  Spam for more
information).
* Take advantage of any anti-phishing features offered by your email
client and web browser.

What do you do if you think you are a victim?

* If you believe you might have revealed sensitive information about your
organization,  report  it  to  the  appropriate  people within the
organization, including network administrators. They can be alert for
any suspicious or unusual activity.
* If you believe your financial accounts may be compromised, contact your
financial institution immediately and close any accounts that may have
been compromised. Watch for any unexplainable charges to your account.
* Immediately change any passwords you might have revealed. If you used
the same password for multiple resources, make sure to change it for
each account, and do not use that password in the future.
* Watch for other signs of identity theft (see Preventing and Responding
to Identity Theft for more information).
* Consider reporting the attack to the police, and file a report with the
Federal Trade Commission (http://www.ftc.gov/).
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Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory – October 2009

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Description

A Critical Patch Update is a collection of patches for multiple security vulnerabilities. It also includes non-security fixes that are required (because of interdependencies) by those security patches. Critical Patch Updates are cumulative, except as noted below, but each advisory describes only the security fixes added since the previous Critical Patch Update. Thus, prior Critical Patch Update Advisories should be reviewed for information regarding earlier accumulated security fixes. Please refer to:

Critical Patch Updates and Security Alerts for information about Oracle Security Advisories.

Due to the threat posed by a successful attack, Oracle strongly recommends that customers apply fixes as soon as possible. This Critical Patch Update contains 38 new security fixes across all products.

Notice of Upcoming Upgrade For My Oracle Support

My Oracle Support, Oracle’s next-generation support platform, will soon be upgraded, and Classic MetaLink will be retired. A number of additional features will be available through My Oracle Support, including ones that improve the patch management experience. As a result, after the upgrade, customers attempting to download CPU fixes will see a new Patches & Updates interface. In addition, customers will be required to have an Oracle Single Sign-On (SSO) account to access the My Oracle Support portal, and authorization rules for downloads will be more strictly enforced. Oracle recommends that customers verify or create their SSO account and review their support contracts to ensure they have the proper licenses in place to download the patches needed for the vulnerabilities described in this Critical Patch Update. To verify or create your SSO account, simply log in to My Oracle Support/Classic MetaLink prior to the upgrade and you will automatically be prompted to verify your SSO login or create a new SSO login using your email address. For more information about the My Oracle Support systems upgrade, see the My Oracle Support Transition Information Page and FAQs.

Supported Products and Components Affected

Security vulnerabilities addressed by this Critical Patch Update affect the products listed in the categories below. The product area of the patches for the listed versions is shown in [square brackets] following the product versions. Please click on the link in [square brackets] or in the Patch Availability Table to access the documentation for those patches.

Affected product releases and versions that are in Premier Support or Extended Support, under the Oracle Lifetime Support Policy:

• Oracle Database 11g, version 11.1.0.7 [ Database ]
• Oracle Database 10g Release 2, versions 10.2.0.3, 10.2.0.4 [ Database ]
• Oracle Database 10g, version 10.1.0.5 [ Database ]
• Oracle Database 9i Release 2, versions 9.2.0.8, 9.2.0.8DV [ Database ]
• Oracle Application Server 10g Release 3 (10.1.3), versions 10.1.3.4.0, 10.1.3.5.0 [ Application Server ]
• Oracle Application Server 10g Release 2 (10.1.2), version 10.1.2.3.0 [ Application Server ]
• Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition, versions 10.1.3.4.0, 10.1.3.4.1 [ Application Server ]
• Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12, versions 12.0.6, 12.1 [ E-Business Suite ]
• Oracle E-Business Suite Release 11i, version 11.5.10.2 [ E-Business Suite ]
• AutoVue, version 19.3 [ E-Business Suite ]
• Agile Engineering Data Management (EDM), version 6.1 [ E-Business Suite ]
• PeopleSoft PeopleTools & Enterprise Portal, version 8.49 [ PeopleSoft/JDE ]
• PeopleSoft Enterprise HCM (TAM), versions 8.9 and 9.0 [ PeopleSoft/JDE ]
• JDEdward Tools, version 8.98 [ PeopleSoft/JDE ]
• Oracle WebLogic Server 10.0 through MP1 and 10.3 [ BEA ]
• Oracle WebLogic Server 9.0 GA, 9.1 GA and 9.2 through 9.2 MP3 [ BEA ]
• Oracle WebLogic Server 8.1 through 8.1 SP5 [ BEA ]
• Oracle WebLogic Server 7.0 through 7.0 SP6 [ BEA ]
• Oracle WebLogic Portal, versions 8.1 through 8.1 SP6, 9.2 through 9.2 MP3, 10.0 through 10.0MP1, 10.2 through 10.2MP1 and 10.3 through 10.3.1 [ BEA ]
• Oracle JRockit R27.6.4 and earlier (JDK/JRE 6, 5, 1.4.2) [ BEA ]
• Oracle Communications Order and Service Management, versions 2.8.0, 6.2.0, 6.3.0 and 6.3.1 [ Industry Suite ]

Patch Availability Table and Risk Matrices

Products with Cumulative Patches

The Oracle Database, Oracle Application Server, Oracle Enterprise Manager Grid Control, Oracle E-Business Suite Applications (Releases 12.0 and 12.1), JD Edwards EnterpriseOne, JD Edwards OneWorld Tools, PeopleSoft Enterprise Portal Applications, PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools and Siebel Enterprise, Oracle Industry Applications and BEA patches in the Updates are cumulative; patches for any of these products included in a Critical Patch Update will include all fixes for that product from the previous Critical Patch Updates.

Products with Non-Cumulative Patches

Oracle E-Business Suite Applications Release 11i patches are not cumulative, so Oracle E-Business Suite Applications customers should refer to previous Critical Patch Updates to identify previous security fixes they want to apply. Oracle Collaboration Suite patches were cumulative up to and including the fixes provided in the July 2007 Critical Patch Update. From the July 2007 Critical Patch Update on, Oracle Collaboration Suite security fixes are delivered using the one-off patch infrastructure normally used by Oracle to deliver single bug fixes to customers.

For each administered Oracle product, consult the documentation for patch availability information and installation instructions referenced from the following table. For an overview of the Oracle product documentation related to this Critical Patch Update, please refer to the Oracle Critical Patch Update October 2009 Documentation Map, My Oracle Support Note 946854.1.

Product Group Risk Matrix Patch Availability and Installation Information
Oracle Database Appendix – Oracle Database Risk Matrix Critical Patch Update October 2009 Patch Availability Document for Oracle Products, My Oracle Support Note 881382.1
Oracle Application Server Appendix – Oracle Application Server Risk Matrix Critical Patch Update October 2009 Patch Availability Document for Oracle Products, My Oracle Support Note 881382.1
Oracle Collaboration Suite
Beehive Collaboration Software
No security fixes for this CPU.
See Appendix – Product Dependencies to apply patches for dependent products.
Critical Patch Update October 2009 Patch Availability Document for Oracle Products, My Oracle Support Note 881382.1
Oracle E-Business Suite and Applications Appendix – Oracle E-Business Suite and Applications Risk Matrix Oracle E-Business Suite Critical Patch Update Note for October 2009, My Oracle Support Note 880170.1
Oracle Enterprise Manager No security fixes for this CPU.
See Appendix – Product Dependencies to apply patches for dependent products.
Critical Patch Update October 2009 Patch Availability Document for Oracle Products, My Oracle Support Note 881382.1
Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise and JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Appendix – Oracle PeopleSoft and JD Edwards Applications Risk Matrix Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise and JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Advisories
Oracle Siebel Enterprise No security fixes for this CPU. Oracle Siebel Enterprise Support
BEA Product Suite Appendix – BEA Product Suite Risk Matrix Critical Patch Update October 2009 Patch Availability Document for Oracle Products, My Oracle Support Note 881382.1
Oracle Industry Applications Appendix – Oracle Industry Applications Risk Matrix Critical Patch Update October 2009 Patch Availability Document for Oracle Communications Products, My Oracle Support Note 946852.1

Risk Matrix Content

Risk matrices list only security vulnerabilities that are newly fixed by the patches associated with this advisory. Risk matrices for previous security fixes can be found in previous Critical Patch Update advisories.

Several vulnerabilities addressed in this Critical Patch Update affect multiple products. A vulnerability that affects multiple products will appear with the same CVE# in all risk matrices. Italics indicate vulnerabilities in code included from other product areas.

Security vulnerabilities are scored using CVSS version 2.0 (see Oracle CVSS Scoring for an explanation of how Oracle applies CVSS 2.0). Oracle conducts an analysis of each security vulnerability addressed by a Critical Patch Update (CPU). Oracle does not disclose information about the security analysis, but the resulting Risk Matrix and associated documentation provide information about the type of vulnerability, the conditions required to exploit it, and the potential result of a successful exploit. Oracle provides this information, in part, so that customers may conduct their own risk analysis based on the particulars of their product usage. As a matter of policy, Oracle does not disclose detailed information about an exploit condition or results that can be used to conduct a successful exploit. Oracle will not provide additional information about the specifics of vulnerabilities beyond what is provided in the CPU or Security Alert notification, the Patch Availability Matrix, the readme files, and FAQs. Oracle does not provide advance notification on CPUs or Security Alerts to individual customers. Finally, Oracle does not distribute exploit code or “proof-of-concept” code for product vulnerabilities.

Workarounds

Due to the threat posed by a successful attack, Oracle strongly recommends that customers apply fixes as soon as possible. Until you apply the CPU fixes, it may be possible to reduce the risk of successful attack by restricting network protocols required by an attack. For attacks that require certain privileges or access to certain packages, removing the privileges or the ability to access the packages from unprivileged users may help reduce the risk of successful attack. Both approaches may break application functionality, so Oracle strongly recommends that customers test changes on non-production systems. Neither approach should be considered a long-term solution as neither corrects the underlying problem.

Skipped Critical Patch Updates

As mentioned in the previous section, Oracle strongly recommends that customers apply fixes as soon as possible. For customers that have skipped one or more Critical Patch Updates and are concerned about products that do not have fixes announced in this CPU, please review the notes below to determine appropriate actions.

There are no new security fixes for the following products that had security fixes in prior Critical Patch Update Advisories:

Unsupported Products and De-Supported Versions

Unsupported products, releases and versions are not tested for the presence of vulnerabilities addressed by this Critical Patch Update. However, it is likely that earlier versions of affected releases are also affected by these vulnerabilities. Hence Oracle recommends that customers upgrade their Oracle products to a supported version.

Critical Patch Update patches are not provided for product versions that are no longer covered under the Premier Support or Extended Support phases of the Lifetime Support Policy. We recommend that customers upgrade to the latest supported version of Oracle products in order to obtain patches.

Products in Extended Support

Critical Patch Update patches are available to customers who have purchased Extended Support under the Lifetime Support Policy. Customers must have a valid Extended Support service contract to download Critical Patch Update patches for products in the Extended Support Phase. Critical Patch Update patches may not be downloaded to update products supported with Sustaining Support, or to update any unsupported products.

Supported Database, Fusion Middleware, EM Grid Control and Collaboration Suite products are patched in accordance with the Software Error Correction Support Policy explained in My Oracle Support Note 209768.1. Please review the Technical Support Policies for further guidelines regarding support policies and phases of support.

On Request Model for Oracle Database and Oracle Application Server

Oracle proactively creates patches only for platform/version combinations that, based on historical data, customers are likely to download for the next Critical Patch Update. We create patches for historically inactive platform/version combinations of the Oracle Database and Oracle Application Server only if requested by customers.

Additional details regarding the products, versions and platforms that will be supported for the next Critical Patch Update and the process for requesting On Request patches are available in the Critical Patch Update October 2009 Patch Availability Document for Oracle Products (My Oracle Support Note 881382.1).

Credit Statement

The following people or organizations discovered and brought security vulnerabilities addressed by this Critical Patch Update to Oracle’s attention: Yaniv Azaria of Imperva, Inc.; Cesar Cerrudo of Argeniss; Deniz Cevik of Intellect; Joxean Koret; Joxean Koret of iSIGHT Partners Global Vulnerability Partnership; Alexander Kornbrust of Red Database Security; David Litchfield of NGS Software; Ryan Permeh of McAfee Avert labs; Guy Pilosof of Sentrigo; Aviv Pode of Sentrigo; Alexandr Polyakov of Digital Security; Pawel Romanek of Asseco Business Solutions; Amichai Shulman of Imperva, Inc.; Rajat Swarup; Laszlo Toth; Luka Treiber of ACROS Security; Wei Wang of McAfee Avert labs; and Dennis Yurichev.

Security-In-Depth Contributors

Oracle provides recognition to people that have contributed to our Security-In-Depth program (see FAQ). People are recognized for Security-In-Depth contributions if they provide information, observations or suggestions pertaining to security vulnerability issues that result in significant modification of Oracle code or documentation in future releases, but are not of such a critical nature that they are distributed in Critical Patch Updates.

For this Critical Patch Update, Oracle recognizes Yaniv Azaria of Imperva, Inc.; and Aviv Pode of Sentrigo for contributions to Oracle’s Security-In-Depth program.

Critical Patch Update Schedule

Critical Patch Updates are typically released on the Tuesday closest to the 15th day of January, July, April and October. The next four dates are:

  • 12 January 2010
  • 13 April 2010
  • 13 July 2010
  • 12 October 2010

References

Modification History

2009-Oct-20 Rev 1. Initial Release

Appendix- Oracle Database

Oracle Database Executive Summary

This Critical Patch Update contains 16 new security fixes for the Oracle Database Server Suite divided as follows:

  • 15 new security fixes for the Oracle Database Server. 6 of these vulnerabilities may be remotely exploitable without authentication, i.e., may be exploited over a network without the need for a username and password.  1 of these fixes is applicable to client-only installations, i.e., installations that do not have the Oracle Database Server installed.
  • 1 new security fix for Oracle Application Express. This vulnerability may not be remotely exploitable without authentication, i.e., may not be exploited over a network without the need for a username and password.
  • Oracle Database Risk Matrix

    CVE# Component Protocol Package and/or Privilege Required Remote Exploit without Auth.? CVSS VERSION 2.0 RISK (see Risk Matrix Definitions) Last Affected Patch set (per Supported Release) Notes
    Base Score Access Vector Access Complexity Authentication Confidentiality Integrity Availability
    CVE-2009-1992 Core RDBMS Oracle Net None Yes 10.0 Network Low None Complete Complete Complete 9.2.0.8, 10.1.0.5, 10.2.0.4 See Note 1
    CVE-2009-1979 Network Authentication Oracle Net None Yes 10.0 Network Low None Complete Complete Complete 10.1.0.5, 10.2.0.4 See Note 2
    CVE-2009-1985 Network Authentication Oracle Net None Yes 10.0 Network Low None Complete Complete Complete 9.2.0.8, 9.2.0.8DV, 10.1.0.5, 10.2.0.4 See Note 2
    CVE-2009-1007 Data Mining Oracle Net Execute on SYS.DMP_SYS No 6.5 Network Low Single Partial+ Partial+ Partial+ 10.2.0.4
    CVE-2009-1994 Oracle Spatial Oracle Net Execute on MDSYS.PRVT_CMT_CBK No 6.5 Network Low Single Partial+ Partial+ Partial+ 10.1.0.5
    CVE-2009-2001 PL/SQL Oracle Net Create Procedure No 6.5 Network Low Single Partial+ Partial+ Partial+ 10.2.0.4, 11.1.0.7
    CVE-2009-1993 Application Express Oracle Net Execute on FLOWS_030000. WWV_EXECUTE_IMMEDIATE No 5.5 Network Low Single Partial+ Partial+ None 3.0.1 See Note 3
    CVE-2009-1018 Workspace Manager Oracle Net Execute on SYS.LTRIC (WMSYS.LTRIC) No 5.5 Network Low Single Partial+ Partial+ None 10.2.0.4
    CVE-2009-1964 Workspace Manager Oracle Net Create Session No 5.5 Network Low Single Partial+ Partial+ None 10.2.0.4
    CVE-2009-1965 Net Foundation Layer Local Logon None Yes 5.4 Adjacent Network Medium None Partial+ Partial+ Partial+ 9.2.0.8, 10.1.0.5 See Note 1
    CVE-2009-1997 Authentication Oracle Net None Yes 5.0 Network Low None Partial+ None None 10.2.0.3, 11.1.0.7
    CVE-2009-2000 Authentication Oracle Net None Yes 5.0 Network Low None Partial+ None None 11.1.0.7
    CVE-2009-1995 Advanced Queuing Oracle Net Execute on SYS.DBMS_AQ_INV No 4.9 Network Medium Single Partial Partial None 10.2.0.4, 11.1.0.7
    CVE-2009-1991 Oracle Text Oracle Net Execute on CTXSYS.DRVXTABC No 3.6 Network High Single Partial+ Partial+ None 9.2.0.8, 9.2.0.8DV, 10.1.0.5, 10.2.0.4
    CVE-2009-1971 Data Pump Oracle Net Create Session No 3.5 Network Medium Single None Partial+ None 10.1.0.5, 10.2.0.3, 11.1.0.7
    CVE-2009-1972 Auditing Oracle Net Execute on DBMS_SYS_SQL, DBMS_SQL No 2.1 Network High Single None Partial None 9.2.0.8, 9.2.0.8DV, 10.1.0.5, 10.2.0.4, 11.1.0.7

    Notes:

    1. This vulnerability only affects the Windows platform.
    2. The CVSS Base Score is 10.0 only for Windows. For Linux, Unix and other platforms, the CVSS Base Score is 7.5, and the impacts for Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability are Partial+.
    3. Please see section on Overview of Oracle Application Express for additional information.

    Oracle Database Server Client-Only Installations

    The following Oracle Database Server vulnerability included in this Critical Patch Update affects client-only installations: CVE-2009-1992.

    Overview of Oracle Application Express

    Oracle Application Express is a rapid web application development tool for the Oracle Database. In Oracle Database releases up to and including 10g Release 2, Oracle Application Express was separately installed from a Companion CD supplied with the Oracle Database CD set or from a package downloaded from an Oracle web site. If you have not installed Oracle Application Express from the companion CD or from a packaged download from an Oracle web site, no further action is required. From Oracle Database 11g onwards, Oracle Application Express is included in the default installation of the Oracle Database.

    If you have Oracle Application Express installed in an Oracle Database home, then refer to Critical Patch Update October 2009 Patch Availability Document for Oracle Products, My Oracle Support Note 881382.1 for the version to be installed.

    Appendix – Oracle Application Server

    Oracle Application Server Executive Summary

    This Critical Patch Update contains 3 new security fixes for the Oracle Application Server.  2 of these vulnerabilities may be remotely exploitable without authentication, i.e., may be exploited over a network without the need for a username and password.  None of these fixes are applicable to client-only installations, i.e., installations that do not have the Oracle Application Server installed.

    Oracle Application Server products that are bundled with the Oracle Database are affected by the vulnerabilities listed in the Oracle Database section. They are not discussed further in this section and are not listed in the Oracle Application Server risk matrix.

    Oracle Application Server Risk Matrix

    CVE# Component Protocol Package and/or Privilege Required Remote Exploit without Auth.? CVSS VERSION 2.0 RISK (see Risk Matrix Definitions) Last Affected Patch set (per Supported Release) Notes
    Base Score Access Vector Access Complexity Authentication Confidentiality Integrity Availability
    CVE-2009-1999 Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition HTTP None Yes 4.3 Network Medium None None Partial None None See Note 1
    CVE-2009-3407 Portal HTTP None Yes 4.3 Network Medium None None Partial None 10.1.2.3, 10.1.4.2
    CVE-2009-1990 Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition None None No 1.7 Local Low Single Partial None None 10.1.3.4.1

    Notes:

    1. Fixed in all supported versions. No patch provided in this Critical Patch Update.

    Appendix – Oracle E-Business Suite and Applications

    Oracle E-Business Suite and Applications Executive Summary

    This Critical Patch Update contains 8 new security fixes for Oracle Applications.  5 of these vulnerabilities may be remotely exploitable without authentication, i.e., may be exploited over a network without the need for a username and password.  None of these fixes are applicable to client-only installations, i.e., installations that do not have Oracle Applications installed.

    Oracle E-Business Suite products include Oracle Database and Oracle Fusion Middleware components that are affected by the vulnerabilities listed in the Oracle Database and Fusion Middleware sections. The exposure of Oracle E-Business Suite products is dependent on the Oracle Database and Fusion middleware versions being used. Oracle Database and Fusion Middleware security fixes are not listed in the Oracle E-Business Suite risk matrix, but since vulnerabilities affecting these versions may affect Oracle E-Business Suite products, Oracle recommends that customers apply the October 2009 Critical Patch Update to the Oracle Database and Fusion Middleware components of Oracle E-Business Suite. Refer to Oracle E-Business Suite Critical Patch Update for October 2009 Note 880170.1 for a more detailed information.

    Oracle E-Business Suite Risk Matrix

    CVE# Component Protocol Package and/or Privilege Required Remote Exploit without Auth.? CVSS VERSION 2.0 RISK (see Risk Matrix Definitions) Last Affected Patch set (per Supported Release) Notes
    Base Score Access Vector Access Complexity Authentication Confidentiality Integrity Availability
    CVE-2009-3400 Oracle Advanced Benefits HTTP None No 5.5 Network Low Single Partial Partial None 11.5.10.2, 12.0.6, 12.1.1
    CVE-2009-3392 Agile Engineering Data Management (EDM) ECI None Yes 5.4 Adjacent Network Medium None Partial Partial Partial 6.1.0.0
    CVE-2009-3408 Oracle Application Object Library HTTP None Yes 5.1 Network High None Partial+ Partial+ Partial+ 11.5.10
    CVE-2009-3395 AutoVue HTTP, TCP None Yes 5.0 Network Low None None None Partial+ 19.3.2
    CVE-2009-3393 Oracle Application Object Library HTTP None Yes 4.3 Network Medium None None Partial None 11.5.10.2
    CVE-2009-3397 Oracle Application Object Library HTTP None Yes 4.3 Network Medium None Partial None None 12.0.6, 12.1.1
    CVE-2009-3402 Oracle Applications Framework HTTP None No 2.1 Network High Single Partial None None 11.5.10.2, 12.0.6, 12.1.1
    CVE-2009-3401 Oracle Applications Technology Stack HTTP None No 1.7 Local Low Single Partial+ None None 11.5.10.2, 12.0.6, 12.1.1

    Appendix – Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise and JD Edwards EnterpriseOne

    Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise and JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Executive Summary

    This Critical Patch Update contains 4 new security fixes for the Oracle PeopleSoft and JDEdwards Suite.  None of these vulnerabilities may be remotely exploitable without authentication, i.e., none may be exploited over a network without the need for a username and password.

    Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise and JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Risk Matrix

    CVE# Component Protocol Package and/or Privilege Required Remote Exploit without Auth.? CVSS VERSION 2.0 RISK (see Risk Matrix Definitions) Last Affected Patch set (per Supported Release) Notes
    Base Score Access Vector Access Complexity Authentication Confidentiality Integrity Availability
    CVE-2009-3405 JD Edwards Tools DB Access None No 4.1 Adjacent Network Low Single None Partial Partial+ 8.98.1.4
    CVE-2009-3404 PeopleSoft PeopleTools & Enterprise Portal HTTP Valid Session No 4.0 Network Low Single None Partial None 8.49.23
    CVE-2009-3409 PeopleSoft Enterprise HCM (TAM) HTTP Valid Session No 3.6 Network High Single Partial Partial None 8.9 Bundle 21 9.0 Bundle 10
    CVE-2009-3406 JD Edwards Tools JDENET None No 2.7 Adjacent Network Low Single Partial+ None None 8.98.2.1

    Appendix – BEA Product Suite

    BEA Products Executive Summary

    This Critical Patch Update contains 6 new security fixes for the Oracle BEA Products Suite.  All of these vulnerabilities may be remotely exploitable without authentication, i.e., may be exploited over a network without the need for a username and password.

    The BEA Critical Patch Update patches have become cumulative with the introduction of the October 2009 Critical Patch Update. The BEA October 2009 Critical Patch Update patches include security fixes from July 2009 Critical Patch Update. The BEA Web Logic Server patches are cumulative at sub-component level (e.g. WLS console, Web application are sub-components). However, the patches in October 2009 Critical Patch Update do not include all the earlier advisories (unless otherwise noted), so BEA customers should refer to Previous Security Advisories to identify previous security fixes they want to apply.

    BEA Product Suite Risk Matrix

    CVE# Component Protocol Package and/or Privilege Required Remote Exploit without Auth.? CVSS VERSION 2.0 RISK (see Risk Matrix Definitions) Last Affected Patch set (per Supported Release) Notes
    Base Score Access Vector Access Complexity Authentication Confidentiality Integrity Availability
    CVE-2009-3403 JRockit See Note 1 None Yes 10.0 Network Low None Complete Complete Complete R27.6.4: JRE/JDK 1.4.2, 5 and 6 See Note 1
    CVE-2009-0217 JRockit None None Yes 5.0 Network Low None None Partial None R27.6.3: JRE/JDK 6 See Note 2
    CVE-2009-2625 JRockit None None Yes 5.0 Network Low None None None Partial R27.6.4: JRE/JDK 5 and 6 See Note 3
    CVE-2009-2002 WebLogic Portal HTTP None Yes 4.3 Network Medium None None Partial None 8.1.6, 9.2.3, 10.0.1, 10.2.1, 10.3.1.0.0
    CVE-2009-3396 WebLogic Server HTTP WLS Console Yes 4.3 Network Medium None None Partial None 9.0, 9.1, 9.2.3, 10.0.1, 10.3
    CVE-2009-3399 WebLogic Server HTTP WLS Console Yes 4.3 Network Medium None None Partial None 7.0.6, 8.1.5

    Notes:

    1. Sun MicroSystems released a Security Alert in August 2009 to address multiple vulnerabilities affecting the Sun Java Runtime Environment. Oracle CVE-2009-3403 refers to the advisories that were applicable to JRockit from the Sun Alert. The CVSS score of this vulnerability CVE# reflects the highest among those fixed in JRockit. The score is calculated by National Vulnerability Database (NVD), not Oracle. The complete list of all advisories addressed in JRockit under CVE-2009-3403 is as follows: CVE-2009-2670, CVE-2009-2671, CVE-2009-2672, CVE-2009-2673, CVE-2009-2674, CVE-2009-2675, CVE-2009-2676.
    2. The score for CVE-2009-0217 is calculated by National Vulnerability Database (NVD), not Oracle.
    3. The score for CVE-2009-2625 is calculated by National Vulnerability Database (NVD), not Oracle.

    Appendix – Oracle Industry Applications Product Suite

    Oracle Industry Applications Product Suite Executive Summary

    This Critical Patch Update contains 1 new security fix for Oracle Industry Applications.  This vulnerability is not remotely exploitable without authentication, i.e., may not be exploited over a network without the need for a username and password.

    Oracle Industry Applications Risk Matrix

    CVE# Component Protocol Package and/or Privilege Required Remote Exploit without Auth.? CVSS VERSION 2.0 RISK (see Risk Matrix Definitions) Last Affected Patch set (per Supported Release) Notes
    Base Score Access Vector Access Complexity Authentication Confidentiality Integrity Availability
    CVE-2009-1998 Oracle Communications Order and Service Management HTTP Web Client No 4.9 Network Medium Single Partial Partial None 2.8.0, 6.2.0, 6.3.0, 6.3.1

    Appendix- Product Dependencies

    Oracle Product Dependency for CPU patching

    This section highlights Oracle products that have dependencies on security vulnerability fixes announced in this Critical Patch Update. Oracle recommends that the customers apply Critical Patch Updates to all dependent products.

    Oracle Beehive

    This Critical Patch Update contains no new security fixes for the Oracle Beehive. Oracle Beehive contains the Oracle Database and Oracle Application Server components that are affected by vulnerabilities listed in the Oracle Database and Oracle Application Server sections. Hence Oracle recommends that customers apply the October 2009 Critical Patch Update to the Oracle Database and Oracle Application Server components of Oracle Beehive Collaboration Software.

    Oracle Collaboration Suite

    This Critical Patch Update contains no new security fixes for Oracle Collaboration Suite. Oracle Collaboration Suite contains the Oracle Database and Oracle Application Server components that are affected by the vulnerabilities listed in the Oracle Database and Oracle Application Server sections. Hence Oracle recommends that customers apply the October 2009 Critical Patch Update to the Oracle Database and Oracle Application Server components of Oracle Collaboration Suite.

    Secure Enterprise Search

    This Critical Patch Update contains no new security fixes for Oracle Secure Enterprise Search. Oracle Secure Enterprise Search 10g includes Oracle Database 10g version 10.1.0.5, and since vulnerabilities affecting this Database version may affect Oracle Secure Enterprise Search, Oracle recommends that customers apply the October 2009 Critical Patch Update to the embedded Database.

    Oracle Enterprise Manager

    This Critical Patch Update contains no new security fixes for Oracle Enterprise Manager. Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g Grid Control includes Oracle Database and Oracle Application Server components that are affected by the vulnerabilities listed in the Oracle Database and Oracle Application Server sections. The exposure of a particular installation of Oracle Enterprise Manager depends on the Oracle Database and Oracle Application Server versions being used. Oracle recommends that customers apply the October 2009 Critical Patch Update to the embedded Oracle Database and Oracle Application Server.

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    Microsoft patches 34 vulnerabilities

    by on Oct.15, 2009, under Uncategorized

    In this week’s huge  patch, Microsoft delivers 13 bulletins that fix 34 vulnerabilities targeting Windows, Internet Explorer,  .NET framework, Forefront, MS Office, SQL server, Developer Tools and Silverlight.

    Vulnerabilities in SMB v2 Could Allow Remote Code Execution

    This security update resolves one publicly disclosed and two privately reported vulnerabilities in Server Message Block Version 2 (SMBv2). The most severe of the vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution if an attacker sent a specially crafted SMB packet to a computer running the Server service. Firewall best practices and standard default firewall configurations can help protect networks from attacks that originate from outside the enterprise perimeter. Best practices recommend that systems that are connected to the Internet have a minimal number of ports exposed.

    This security update is rated Critical for supported editions of Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008. For more information, see the subsection, Affected and Non-Affected Software, in this section.
    Vulnerabilities in Windows Media Runtime Could Allow Remote Code Execution

    This security update resolves two privately reported vulnerabilities in Windows Media Runtime. The vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution if a user opened a specially crafted media file or received specially crafted streaming content from a Web site or any application that delivers Web content. An attacker who successfully exploited these vulnerabilities could gain the same user rights as the local user. Users whose accounts are configured to have fewer user rights on the system could be less impacted than users who operate with administrative user rights.

    This security update is rated Critical for DirectShow WMA Voice Codec, Windows Media Audio Voice Decoder, and Audio Compression Manager on supported editions of Microsoft Windows 2000; Windows XP; Windows Server 2003, except for Itanium-based editions; Windows Vista; and Windows Server 2008, except for Itanium-based editions. For more information, see the subsection, Affected and Non-Affected Software, in this section.

    The security update addresses the vulnerabilities by changing the manner in which the Windows Media Runtime processes ASF files and initializes functions in compressed audio files. For more information about the vulnerabilities, see the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) subsection for the specific vulnerability entry under the next section, Vulnerability Information.
    Vulnerability in Windows Media Player Could Allow Remote Code Execution

    This update resolves two newly discovered vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities are documented in the “Vulnerability Details” section of this bulletin.

    If a user is logged on with administrative user rights, an attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could take complete control of an affected system. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights. Users whose accounts are configured to have fewer user rights on the system could be less affected than users who operate with administrative user rights.

    We recommend that customers apply the update immediately.
    Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer
    This security update resolves three privately reported vulnerabilities and one publicly disclosed vulnerability in Internet Explorer. The vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution if a user views a specially crafted Web page using Internet Explorer. Users whose accounts are configured to have fewer user rights on the system could be less impacted than users who operate with administrative user rights.

    Cumulative Security Update of ActiveX Kill Bits
    This security update addresses a privately reported vulnerability that is common to multiple ActiveX controls and is currently being exploited. The vulnerability that affects ActiveX controls that were compiled using the vulnerable version of the Microsoft Active Template Library (ATL) could allow remote code execution if a user views a specially crafted Web page with Internet Explorer, instantiating the ActiveX control. Users whose accounts are configured to have fewer user rights on the system could be less impacted than users who operate with administrative user rights.

    Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Active Template Library (ATL) ActiveX Controls for Microsoft Office Could Allow Remote Code Execution
    This security update resolves several privately reported vulnerabilities in ActiveX Controls for Microsoft that were compiled with a vulnerable version of Microsoft Active Template Library (ATL). The vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution if a user loaded a specially crafted component or control. Users whose accounts are configured to have fewer user rights on the system could be less impacted than users who operate with administrative user rights.

    Vulnerabilities in the Microsoft .NET Common Language Runtime Could Allow Remote Code Execution
    This security update resolves three privately reported vulnerabilities in Microsoft .NET Framework and Microsoft Silverlight. The vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution on a client system if a user views a specially crafted Web page using a Web browser that can run XAML Browser Applications (XBAPs) or Silverlight applications, or if an attacker succeeds in persuading a user to run a specially crafted Microsoft .NET application. Users whose accounts are configured to have fewer user rights on the system could be less impacted than users who operate with administrative user rights. The vulnerabilities could also allow remote code execution on a server system running IIS, if that server allows processing ASP.NET pages and an attacker succeeds in uploading a specially crafted ASP.NET page to that server and executing it, as could be the case in a Web hosting scenario. Microsoft .NET applications, Silverlight applications, XBAPs and ASP.NET pages that are not malicious are not at risk of being compromised because of this vulnerability.

    Vulnerabilities in GDI+ Could Allow Remote Code Execution
    This security update resolves several privately reported vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows GDI+. These vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution if a user viewed a specially crafted image file using affected software or browsed a Web site that contains specially crafted content. Users whose accounts are configured to have fewer user rights on the system could be less impacted than users who operate with administrative user rights.

    Vulnerabilities in FTP Service for Internet Information Services Could Allow Remote Code Execution
    This security update resolves two publicly disclosed vulnerabilities in the FTP Service in Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 5.0, Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 5.1, Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0, and Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 7.0. On IIS 7.0, only FTP Service 6.0 is affected. The vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution (RCE) on systems running FTP Service on IIS 5.0, or denial of service (DoS) on systems running FTP Service on IIS 5.0, IIS 5.1, IIS 6.0 or IIS 7.0.

    Vulnerabilities in Windows CryptoAPI Could Allow Spoofing
    This security update resolves two publicly disclosed vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows. The vulnerabilities could allow spoofing if an attacker gains access to the certificate used by the end user for authentication.

    Vulnerability in Indexing Service Could Allow Remote Code Execution
    This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in Microsoft Windows. The vulnerability could allow remote code execution if an attacker set up a malicious Web page that invokes the Indexing Service through a call to its ActiveX component. This call could include a malicious URL and exploit the vulnerability, granting the attacker access to the client system with the privileges of the user browsing the Web page. Users whose accounts are configured to have fewer user rights on the system could be less impacted than users who operate with administrative user rights.

    Vulnerabilities in Windows Kernel Could Allow Elevation of Privilege
    This security update resolves several privately reported vulnerabilities in the Windows kernel. The most severe of the vulnerabilities could allow elevation of privilege if an attacker logged on to the system and ran a specially crafted application. An attacker must have valid logon credentials and be able to log on locally to exploit any of these vulnerabilities. The vulnerabilities could not be exploited remotely or by anonymous users.

    Vulnerability in Local Security Authority Subsystem Service Could Allow Denial of Service
    This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in Microsoft Windows. The vulnerability could allow denial of service if an attacker sent a maliciously crafted packet during the NTLM authentication process.

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