[AusNOG] AusCERT Week in Review - Week Ending 17/10/2008 (AUSCERT#20073F686)

Richard Billington richard at auscert.org.au
Fri Oct 17 18:47:27 EST 2008


AusCERT Week in Review
17 October 2008

Papers, Articles and other documents:
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Title: Call for presentations and tutorials for AusCERT2009 
Date:  13 October 2008
URL:   http://www.auscert.org.au/6748

Alerts, Advisories and Updates:
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Title: AA-2008.0212 -- [Appliance] -- Nortel has released two (2) security
       bulletins correcting multiple vulnerabilities 
Date:  16 October 2008
URL:   http://www.auscert.org.au/9977

Title: AA-2008.0214 -- [Win] -- Adobe Flash CS3 Professional for Windows has a
       remote code execution vulnerability 
Date:  16 October 2008
URL:   http://www.auscert.org.au/9981

Title: AA-2008.0213 -- [Win][UNIX/Linux] -- Adobe has released version
       10.0.12.36 of Flash Player correcting five potential vulnerabilities 
Date:  16 October 2008
URL:   http://www.auscert.org.au/9980

Title: AL-2008.0102 -- [Win][OSX] -- MS08-057 - Critical - Vulnerabilities in
       Microsoft Excel Could Allow Remote Code Execution 
Date:  15 October 2008
URL:   http://www.auscert.org.au/9966

Title: AL-2008.0103 -- [Win] -- MS08-058 - Critical - Cumulative Security
       Update for Internet Explorer 
Date:  15 October 2008
URL:   http://www.auscert.org.au/9967

Title: AL-2008.0104 -- [Win] -- MS08-059 - Critical - Vulnerability in Host
       Integration Server RPC Service Could Allow Remote Code Execution 
Date:  15 October 2008
URL:   http://www.auscert.org.au/9968

Title: AL-2008.0105 -- [Win] -- MS08-060 - Critical - Vulnerability in Active
       Directory Could Allow Remote Code Execution 
Date:  15 October 2008
URL:   http://www.auscert.org.au/9969

Title: AU-2008.0020 -- AusCERT Update - [Win] - Microsoft Security Advisory
       951306 has recently been updated with details of publicly available
       exploit code 
Date:  15 October 2008
URL:   http://www.auscert.org.au/9972

Title: AL-2008.0106 -- [Win][UNIX/Linux] -- Oracle Critical Patch Update
       Advisory - October 2008 
Date:  15 October 2008
URL:   http://www.auscert.org.au/9975

Title: AL-2008.0101 -- [Win][OSX] -- Microsoft Bulletin Notification - October
       Prerelease Announcement 
Date:  14 October 2008
URL:   http://www.auscert.org.au/9955

Title: AA-2008.0210 -- [Win] -- Lenovo Rescue and Recovery Heap Overflow 
Date:  14 October 2008
URL:   http://www.auscert.org.au/9958

Title: AA-2008.0211 -- [Win][Appliance] -- Vulnerabilities in multiple Avaya
       products 
Date:  14 October 2008
URL:   http://www.auscert.org.au/9959

External Security Bulletins:
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Title: ESB-2008.0985 -- [Win][Linux][HP-UX] -- HP Systems Insight Manager
       (SIM) for HP-UX, Linux, and Windows, Remote Unauthorized Access to Data
Date:  17 October 2008
OS:    Ubuntu, Debian GNU/Linux, Windows 2003, Windows 2000, Other Linux
       Variants, Windows XP, Server 2008, Red Hat Linux, HP-UX, Windows Vista 
URL:   http://www.auscert.org.au/9983

Title: ESB-2008.0984 -- [Debian] -- New Linux 2.6.24 packages fix several
       vulnerabilities 
Date:  17 October 2008
OS:    Debian GNU/Linux 
URL:   http://www.auscert.org.au/9982

Title: ESB-2008.0983 -- [UNIX/Linux] -- D-Bus vulnerabilities 
Date:  16 October 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/9979

Title: ESB-2008.0982 -- [Win][UNIX/Linux] -- VLC media player XSPF Memory
       Corruption 
Date:  16 October 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/9978

Title: ESB-2008.0981 -- [Win][UNIX/Linux] -- Multiple vulnerabilities in
       Drupal third-party modules 
Date:  16 October 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/9976

Title: ESB-2008.0980 -- [NetBSD] -- NetBSD 4.0.1 released incorporating
       previous and upcoming security advisory patches 
Date:  15 October 2008
OS:    Other BSD Variants 
URL:   http://www.auscert.org.au/9974

Title: ESB-2008.0979 -- [Debian] -- New libxml2 packages fix execution of
       arbitrary code 
Date:  15 October 2008
OS:    Debian GNU/Linux 
URL:   http://www.auscert.org.au/9973

Title: ESB-2008.0978 -- [Win] -- Husdawg, LLC Systems Requirements Lab ActiveX
       control and Java applet vulnerable to arbitrary code download and
       execution 
Date:  15 October 2008
OS:    Windows 2003, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Server 2008, Windows Vista 
URL:   http://www.auscert.org.au/9971

Title: ESB-2008.0977 -- [Win] -- MS08-066 - Important - Vulnerability in the
       Microsoft Ancillary Function Driver Could Allow Elevation of Privilege 
Date:  15 October 2008
OS:    Windows 2003, Windows XP 
URL:   http://www.auscert.org.au/9965

Title: ESB-2008.0976 -- [Win] -- MS08-065 - Important - Vulnerability in
       Message Queuing Could Allow Remote Code Execution 
Date:  15 October 2008
OS:    Windows 2000 
URL:   http://www.auscert.org.au/9964

Title: ESB-2008.0975 -- [Win] -- MS08-064 - Important - Vulnerability in
       Virtual Address Descriptor Manipulation Could Allow Elevation of
       Privilege 
Date:  15 October 2008
OS:    Windows 2003, Windows XP, Server 2008, Windows Vista 
URL:   http://www.auscert.org.au/9963

Title: ESB-2008.0974 -- [Win] -- MS08-063 - Important - Vulnerability in SMB
       Could Allow Remote Code Execution 
Date:  15 October 2008
OS:    Windows 2003, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Server 2008, Windows Vista 
URL:   http://www.auscert.org.au/9962

Title: ESB-2008.0973 -- [Win] -- MS08-062 - Important - Vulnerability in
       Windows Internet Printing Service Could Allow Remote Code Execution 
Date:  15 October 2008
OS:    Windows 2003, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Server 2008, Windows Vista 
URL:   http://www.auscert.org.au/9961

Title: ESB-2008.0972 -- [Win] -- MS08-061 - Important - Vulnerabilities in
       Windows Kernel Could Allow Elevation of Privilege 
Date:  15 October 2008
OS:    Windows 2003, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Server 2008, Windows Vista 
URL:   http://www.auscert.org.au/9960

Title: ESB-2008.0971 -- [Win] -- MS08-056 - Moderate - Vulnerability in
       Microsoft Office Could Allow Information Disclosure 
Date:  15 October 2008
OS:    Windows 2003, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Server 2008, Windows Vista 
URL:   http://www.auscert.org.au/9970

Title: ESB-2008.0970 -- [Win][UNIX/Linux] -- Opera 9.60 released correcting
       two vulnerabilities 
Date:  14 October 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/9957

Title: ESB-2008.0969 -- [Linux][Debian] -- New Linux 2.6.18 packages fix
       several vulnerabilities 
Date:  14 October 2008
OS:    Ubuntu, Debian GNU/Linux, Other Linux Variants, Red Hat Linux 
URL:   http://www.auscert.org.au/9956

Title: ESB-2008.0968 -- [Win] -- CA ARCserve Backup - Multiple Vulnerabilities
Date:  13 October 2008
OS:    Windows 2003, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Server 2008, Windows Vista 
URL:   http://www.auscert.org.au/9954

Title: ESB-2008.0967 -- [Win][Linux][HP-UX][Solaris] -- A Heap Overflow
       Security Vulnerability exists in the Sun Java Web Proxy Server 
Date:  13 October 2008
OS:    Solaris, Ubuntu, Debian GNU/Linux, Windows 2003, Windows 2000, Other
       Linux Variants, Windows XP, Server 2008, Red Hat Linux, HP-UX, Windows
       Vista 
URL:   http://www.auscert.org.au/9953

Title: ESB-2008.0966 -- [Win][UNIX/Linux][Debian] -- New ruby1.8 and ruby1.9
       packages fix several vulnerabilities 
Date:  13 October 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/9952

Title: ESB-2008.0965 -- [Debian] -- New openldap2.3 packags fix denial of
       service 
Date:  13 October 2008
OS:    Debian GNU/Linux 
URL:   http://www.auscert.org.au/9951

Title: ESB-2008.0964 -- [Win] -- Trend Micro OfficeScan Buffer Overflow and
       DoS Vulnerabilities 
Date:  13 October 2008
OS:    Windows 2003, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Server 2008, Windows Vista 
URL:   http://www.auscert.org.au/9950

Title: ESB-2008.0963 -- [UNIX/Linux][RedHat] -- Important: cups security
       update 
Date:  13 October 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/9949

Title: ESB-2008.0950 -- [Debian] -- New squid packages released for Debian 
Date:  16 October 2008
OS:    Debian GNU/Linux 
URL:   http://www.auscert.org.au/9932

Title: ESB-2008.0892 -- [Solaris] -- Security Vulnerability in the ACL
       (acl(2)) Implementation for UFS File Systems May Allow a Local User to
       Panic the System 
Date:  16 October 2008
OS:    Solaris 
URL:   http://www.auscert.org.au/9861

Title: ESB-2008.0687 -- [Win][HP-UX][Solaris] -- HP OpenView Network Node
       Manager - Multiple vulnerabilities 
Date:  16 October 2008
OS:    Windows Vista, HP-UX, Red Hat Linux, Server 2008, Windows XP, Windows
       2000, Windows 2003, Solaris 
URL:   http://www.auscert.org.au/9563

Title: ESB-2008.0541 -- [Win][Linux][HP-UX][Solaris][AIX] -- Cross-Site
       Scripting Vulnerability in the Sun Java System Web Server Advanced
       Search Mechanism 
Date:  16 October 2008
OS:    AIX, HP-UX, Red Hat Linux, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows 2003,
       Solaris 
URL:   http://www.auscert.org.au/9341

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