[AusNOG] AusCERT Week in Review - Week Ending 07/11/2008	(AUSCERT#20073F686)
    Jonathan Levine 
    jonathan at auscert.org.au
       
    Fri Nov  7 16:51:54 EST 2008
    
    
  
AusCERT Week in Review
07 November 2008
 
AusCERT in the Media:
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Community warned over local scams
Eyre Peninsula Tribune, Australia
Nov 4, 2008
http://eyrepeninsula.yourguide.com.au/news/local/news/general/community-warn
ed-over-local-scams/1352924.aspx
 
Real-life internet scammers dissected
ZDNet.com.au, Australia
Nov 4, 2008
http://www.zdnet.com.au/insight/security/soa/Real-life-internet-scammers-dis
sected/0,139023764,339292871,00.htm
 
Computer Security Day 2008 (Australia)
Seguí la Flecha, Argentina
Nov 4, 2008
http://www.seguilaflecha.com/news_26057_Computer-Security-Day-2008-(Australi
a).html
 
Papers, Articles and other documents:
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Web Log Entries:
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Title: Obama new President and new malware
Date:  05 November 2008
URL:   http://www.auscert.org.au/10038
 
Alerts, Advisories and Updates:
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Title: AA-2008.0228 -- [Win][UNIX/Linux] -- A vulnerability has been
       identified in VLC media player versions 0.5.0 through to 0.9.5. 
Date:  07 November 2008
URL:   http://www.auscert.org.au/10049
 
Title: AA-2008.0226 -- [Win][UNIX/Linux] -- A vulnerability has been
       identified in Novell Access Manager
Date:  06 November 2008
URL:   http://www.auscert.org.au/10042
 
Title: AA-2008.0227 -- [UNIX/Linux] -- A vulnerability exists in Nagios
prior
       to version 3.0.5
Date:  06 November 2008
URL:   http://www.auscert.org.au/10043
 
Title: AA-2008.0225 -- [Linux] -- A number of vulnerabilities have been
       identified in the 2.6 Linux kernel
Date:  05 November 2008
URL:   http://www.auscert.org.au/10041
 
Title: AL-2008.0111 -- [Win][Linux][Solaris][OSX] -- Security Update
available
       for Adobe Reader 8 and Acrobat 8
Date:  04 November 2008
URL:   http://www.auscert.org.au/10033
 
Title: AA-2008.0168 -- [Win][UNIX/Linux] -- A cross-site scripting
       vulnerability has been found in Apache httpd mod_proxy_ftp
Date:  03 November 2008
URL:   http://www.auscert.org.au/9688
 
External Security Bulletins:
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Title: ESB-2008.1028 -- [Win][Linux][Solaris][OSX] -- Flash Player update
       available to address security vulnerabilities
Date:  07 November 2008
OS:    Solaris, Ubuntu, Debian GNU/Linux, Windows 2003, Windows 2000, Other
       Linux Variants, Windows XP, Red Hat Linux, Mac OS X, Windows Vista 
URL:   http://www.auscert.org.au/10048
 
Title: ESB-2008.1027 -- [Debian] -- New mysql-dfsg-5.0 packages fix
       authorization bypass
Date:  07 November 2008
OS:    Debian GNU/Linux 
URL:   http://www.auscert.org.au/10047
 
Title: ESB-2008.1026 -- [Solaris] -- A Security Vulnerability in the Sun
       System Firmware on Certain SPARC Systems May Allow Unauthorized Data
       Access
Date:  07 November 2008
OS:    Solaris 
URL:   http://www.auscert.org.au/10046
 
Title: ESB-2008.1025 -- [Tru64] -- HP Tru64 UNIX running AdvFS "showfile"
       command, Local Gain Extended Privileges
Date:  07 November 2008
OS:    HP Tru64 UNIX 
URL:   http://www.auscert.org.au/10045
 
Title: ESB-2008.1024 -- [Win][Linux][Solaris][AIX][OSX] -- Update available
       for potential ColdFusion 8 privilege escalation issue
Date:  07 November 2008
OS:    Solaris, Ubuntu, Debian GNU/Linux, Windows 2003, Windows 2000, Other
       Linux Variants, Windows XP, Server 2008, Red Hat Linux, Mac OS X,
AIX,
       Windows Vista 
URL:   http://www.auscert.org.au/10044
 
Title: ESB-2008.1023 -- [Win][UNIX/Linux] -- A cross site scripting
       vulnerability has been identified in CCK (Drupal third-party module)
Date:  06 November 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/10040
 
Title: ESB-2008.1022 -- [Appliance][Cisco] -- Cisco VLAN Trunking Protocol
       Vulnerability
Date:  06 November 2008
OS:    Cisco Products 
URL:   http://www.auscert.org.au/10039
 
Title: ESB-2008.1021 -- [RedHat] -- Important: openoffice.org security
update
Date:  06 November 2008
OS:    Red Hat Linux 
URL:   http://www.auscert.org.au/10037
 
Title: ESB-2008.1020 -- [HP-UX] -- HP System Management Homepage (SMH) for
       HP-UX, Local Unauthorized Access
Date:  05 November 2008
OS:    HP-UX 
URL:   http://www.auscert.org.au/10036
 
Title: ESB-2008.1019 -- [HP-UX] -- HP-UX Running Xserver, Remote Execution
of
       Arbitrary Code
Date:  05 November 2008
OS:    HP-UX 
URL:   http://www.auscert.org.au/10035
 
Title: ESB-2008.1018 -- [RedHat] -- Important: kernel security and bug fix
       update
Date:  05 November 2008
OS:    Red Hat Linux 
URL:   http://www.auscert.org.au/10034
 
Title: ESB-2008.1017 -- [Win][UNIX/Linux] -- Shibboleth IdP 2.0
       UsernamePassword Login Handler Vulnerable to Cross-site Request
Attack
Date:  04 November 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/10032
 
Title: ESB-2008.1016 -- [UNIX/Linux][RedHat] -- Important: net-snmp security
       update
Date:  04 November 2008
OS:    Solaris, HP Tru64 UNIX, Ubuntu, Debian GNU/Linux, Other BSD Variants,
       IRIX, OpenBSD, FreeBSD, Other Linux Variants, Red Hat Linux, Mac OS
X,
       HP-UX, AIX 
URL:   http://www.auscert.org.au/10031
 
Title: ESB-2008.1015 -- [Linux][HP-UX][Solaris] -- Oracle WebLogic Apache
       Connector
Date:  03 November 2008
OS:    Solaris, Ubuntu, Debian GNU/Linux, Other Linux Variants, Red Hat
Linux,
       HP-UX 
URL:   http://www.auscert.org.au/10030
 
Title: ESB-2008.1014 -- [VMware ESX] -- Updated ESX packages for libxml2,
       ucd-snmp, libtiff
Date:  03 November 2008
OS:    Virtualisation 
URL:   http://www.auscert.org.au/10029
 
Title: ESB-2008.1011 -- [Win][Mac][OSX] -- Adobe PageMaker Key Strings Stack
       Buffer Overflow
Date:  04 November 2008
OS:    Windows Vista, Mac OS X, Server 2008, Windows XP, Windows 2000,
Windows
       2003 
URL:   http://www.auscert.org.au/10023
 
Title: ESB-2008.0846 -- [Win][VMware ESX][Linux] -- Updates to VMware
       Workstation, VMware Player, VMware ACE, VMware Server, VMware ESX
       address information disclosure, privilege escalation and other
security
       issues
Date:  03 November 2008
OS:    Windows Vista, Red Hat Linux, Server 2008, Virtualisation, Windows
XP,
       Other Linux Variants, Windows 2000, Windows 2003, Debian GNU/Linux,
       Ubuntu 
URL:   http://www.auscert.org.au/9775
 
Title: ESB-2008.0747 -- [VMware ESX] -- Updated ESX packages address several
       security issues
Date:  03 November 2008
OS:    Virtualisation 
URL:   http://www.auscert.org.au/9645
 
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Brisbane Qld 4072
 
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