[AusNOG] AusCERT Week in Review - Week Ending 08/08/2008 (AUSCERT#20073F686)

Richard Billington richard at auscert.org.au
Fri Aug 8 16:03:04 EST 2008


AusCERT Week in Review
08 August 2008


AusCERT in the Media:
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Heading to the US? Be careful what's hiding in your digital luggage!
Hydrapinion, Australia 
Aug 3, 2008
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Alerts, Advisories and Updates:
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Title: AA-2008.0168 -- [Win][UNIX/Linux] -- A cross-site scripting
       vulnerability has been found in Apache httpd mod_proxy_ftp 
Date:  07 August 2008
URL:   http://www.auscert.org.au/9688

Title: AA-2008.0167 -- [Appliance] -- F5 Networks have released an update to
       FirePass to prevent a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability 
Date:  06 August 2008
URL:   http://www.auscert.org.au/9683

Title: AA-2008.0166 -- [Win][UNIX/Linux] -- BEA WebLogic Server and WebLogic
       Express are vulnerable to a Cross Site Scripting vulnerability 
Date:  05 August 2008
URL:   http://www.auscert.org.au/9681

Title: AA-2008.0164 -- [Win] -- Grisoft AVG remote denial of service flaw 
Date:  04 August 2008
URL:   http://www.auscert.org.au/9648

Title: AU-2008.0017 -- AusCERT Update - [UNIX/Linux] - BIND -P2 releases now
       available 
Date:  04 August 2008
URL:   http://www.auscert.org.au/9675


External Security Bulletins:
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Title: ESB-2008.0783 -- [Solaris] -- Security Vulnerability in Solaris
       snoop(1M) when Displaying SMB Traffic 
Date:  07 August 2008
OS:    Solaris 
URL:   http://www.auscert.org.au/9687

Title: ESB-2008.0782 -- [Solaris] -- Security Vulnerability in Firmware for
       Netra T5220 Systems May Allow a Denial of Service (DoS) 
Date:  07 August 2008
OS:    Solaris 
URL:   http://www.auscert.org.au/9686

Title: ESB-2008.0781 -- [Solaris] -- Security Vulnerabilities in the Solaris
       Priority Inherited pthread mutex API May Result in a Denial of Service
       (DoS) Condition 
Date:  07 August 2008
OS:    Solaris 
URL:   http://www.auscert.org.au/9685

Title: ESB-2008.0780 -- [HP-UX] -- HP-UX Using libc, Remote Denial of Service
       (DoS) 
Date:  07 August 2008
OS:    HP-UX 
URL:   http://www.auscert.org.au/9684

Title: ESB-2008.0779 -- [Win][UNIX/Linux][RedHat] -- Moderate: JBoss
       Enterprise Application Platform 4.3.0CP01 and 4.2.0.CP03 security
       update 
Date:  06 August 2008
OS:    Solaris, HP Tru64 UNIX, Ubuntu, Debian GNU/Linux, Other BSD Variants,
       IRIX, Windows 2003, OpenBSD, Windows 2000, FreeBSD, Other Linux
       Variants, Windows XP, Server 2008, Red Hat Linux, Mac OS X, HP-UX, AIX,
       Windows Vista 
URL:   http://www.auscert.org.au/9682

Title: ESB-2008.0778 -- [Win] -- Sun xVM VirtualBox Privilege Escalation
       Vulnerability 
Date:  05 August 2008
OS:    Windows 2003, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Server 2008, Windows Vista 
URL:   http://www.auscert.org.au/9680

Title: ESB-2008.0777 -- [Win][UNIX/Linux][Debian] -- New opensc packages fix
       smart card vulnerability 
Date:  05 August 2008
OS:    Solaris, HP Tru64 UNIX, Ubuntu, Debian GNU/Linux, Other BSD Variants,
       IRIX, Windows 2003, OpenBSD, Windows 2000, FreeBSD, Other Linux
       Variants, Windows XP, Server 2008, Red Hat Linux, Mac OS X, HP-UX, AIX,
       Windows Vista 
URL:   http://www.auscert.org.au/9679

Title: ESB-2008.0776 -- [RedHat] -- Important: kernel security and bug fix
       update 
Date:  05 August 2008
OS:    Red Hat Linux 
URL:   http://www.auscert.org.au/9678

Title: ESB-2008.0775 -- [Win][UNIX/Linux] -- Blackboard Academic Suite
       multiple scripts cross-site request forgery 
Date:  04 August 2008
OS:    Solaris, HP Tru64 UNIX, Ubuntu, Debian GNU/Linux, Other BSD Variants,
       IRIX, Windows 2003, OpenBSD, Windows 2000, FreeBSD, Other Linux
       Variants, Windows XP, Server 2008, Red Hat Linux, Mac OS X, HP-UX, AIX,
       Windows Vista 
URL:   http://www.auscert.org.au/9677

Title: ESB-2008.0774 -- [Win][UNIX/Linux] -- Python: Multiple vulnerabilities 
Date:  04 August 2008
OS:    Solaris, HP Tru64 UNIX, Ubuntu, Debian GNU/Linux, Other BSD Variants,
       IRIX, Windows 2003, OpenBSD, Windows 2000, FreeBSD, Other Linux
       Variants, Windows XP, Server 2008, Red Hat Linux, HP-UX, AIX, Windows
       Vista 
URL:   http://www.auscert.org.au/9676

Title: ESB-2008.0773 -- [Win] -- CA ARCserve Backup for Laptops and Desktops
       Server LGServer Service Vulnerability 
Date:  04 August 2008
OS:    Windows 2003, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Server 2008, Windows Vista 
URL:   http://www.auscert.org.au/9674

Title: ESB-2008.0772 -- [Win][UNIX/Linux] -- Multiple vulnerabilities in
       Apache Tomcat 
Date:  04 August 2008
OS:    Solaris, HP Tru64 UNIX, Ubuntu, Debian GNU/Linux, Other BSD Variants,
       IRIX, Windows 2003, OpenBSD, Windows 2000, FreeBSD, Other Linux
       Variants, Windows XP, Server 2008, Red Hat Linux, HP-UX, AIX, Windows
       Vista 
URL:   http://www.auscert.org.au/9673

Title: ESB-2008.0771 -- [Solaris] -- A Security Vulnerability in the namefs
       Kernel module may result in Arbitrary Code Execution or a Denial of
       Service 
Date:  06 August 2008
OS:    Solaris 
URL:   http://www.auscert.org.au/9672

Title: ESB-2008.0770 -- [Solaris] -- Multiple Security Vulnerabilities in the
       Adobe Reader may lead to Execution of Arbitrary Code and Overwrite
       Arbitrary Files 
Date:  04 August 2008
OS:    Solaris 
URL:   http://www.auscert.org.au/9671

Title: ESB-2008.0769 -- [AIX] -- AIX named DNS Cache Poisoning Vulnerability 
Date:  04 August 2008
OS:    AIX 
URL:   http://www.auscert.org.au/9670

Title: ESB-2008.0768 -- [Debian] -- New cupsys packages fix arbitrary code
       execution 
Date:  04 August 2008
OS:    Debian GNU/Linux 
URL:   http://www.auscert.org.au/9669

Title: ESB-2008.0767 -- [Win][UNIX/Linux][Debian] -- New httrack packages fix
       arbitrary code execution 
Date:  04 August 2008
OS:    Solaris, HP Tru64 UNIX, Ubuntu, Debian GNU/Linux, Other BSD Variants,
       IRIX, Windows 2003, OpenBSD, Windows 2000, FreeBSD, Other Linux
       Variants, Windows XP, Server 2008, Red Hat Linux, Mac OS X, HP-UX, AIX,
       Windows Vista 
URL:   http://www.auscert.org.au/9668

Title: ESB-2008.0766 -- [Linux] -- Multiple vulnerabilities in Ingres Database
       for Linux 
Date:  04 August 2008
OS:    Ubuntu, Debian GNU/Linux, Other Linux Variants, Red Hat Linux 
URL:   http://www.auscert.org.au/9667

Title: ESB-2008.0763 -- [Solaris] -- A Security Vulnerability in picld(1M) May
       Allow a Denial of Service to System Monitoring and System Services 
Date:  04 August 2008
OS:    Solaris 
URL:   http://www.auscert.org.au/9663

Title: ESB-2008.0759 -- [Win][Linux][HP-UX][Solaris][AIX] -- Security
       Vulnerability in Sun Java System Web Server 7.0 plugin for Sun N1
       Service Provisioning System (SPS) 
Date:  04 August 2008
OS:    Windows Vista, AIX, HP-UX, Red Hat Linux, Server 2008, Windows XP,
       Other Linux Variants, Windows 2000, Windows 2003, Debian GNU/Linux,
       Ubuntu, Solaris 
URL:   http://www.auscert.org.au/9659

Title: ESB-2008.0751 -- [Win][UNIX/Linux] -- phpMyAdmin security announcement
       PMASA-2008-6 
Date:  06 August 2008
OS:    Windows Vista, AIX, HP-UX, Red Hat Linux, Server 2008, Windows XP,
       Other Linux Variants, FreeBSD, Windows 2000, OpenBSD, Windows 2003,
       IRIX, Other BSD Variants, Debian GNU/Linux, Ubuntu, HP Tru64 UNIX,
       Solaris 
URL:   http://www.auscert.org.au/9650

Title: ESB-2008.0715 -- [HP-UX] -- HP-UX Running BIND, Remote DNS Cache
       Poisoning 
Date:  07 August 2008
OS:    HP-UX 
URL:   http://www.auscert.org.au/9601

Title: ESB-2008.0679 -- [Solaris] -- Multiple Security Vulnerabilities in the
       Solaris X Server Extensions may lead to a Denial of Service (DoS)
       condition or allow Execution of Arbitrary Code 
Date:  06 August 2008
OS:    Solaris 
URL:   http://www.auscert.org.au/9555

Title: ESB-2008.0651 -- [Solaris] -- Multiple Security Vulnerabilities in the
       Adobe Reader may lead to Execution of Arbitrary Code 
Date:  04 August 2008
OS:    Solaris 
URL:   http://www.auscert.org.au/9512


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