Secunia Weekly Summary - Issue: 2009-23

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                  The Secunia Weekly Advisory Summary                  
                        2009-05-28 - 2009-06-04                        

                       This week: 64 advisories                        

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Table of Contents:

1.....................................................Word From Secunia
2....................................................This Week In Brief
3...............................This Weeks Top Ten Most Read Advisories
4..................................................This Week in Numbers

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1) Word From Secunia:

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2) This Week in Brief:

A vulnerability has been reported in Apple iTunes, which can be
exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.

For more information, refer to:
http://secunia.com/advisories/35314/

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Some vulnerabilities have been reported in Apple QuickTime, which can
be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.

For more information, refer to:
http://secunia.com/advisories/35091/

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A vulnerability has been reported in Microsoft DirectX, which can be
exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.

For more information, refer to:
http://secunia.com/advisories/35268/

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3) This Weeks Top Ten Most Read Advisories:

1.  [SA34924] Adobe Reader JavaScript Methods Memory Corruption
2.  [SA35268] Microsoft DirectShow QuickTime Parsing Arbitrary Code
              Execution
3.  [SA35091] Apple QuickTime Multiple Vulnerabilities
4.  [SA34012] Adobe Flash Player Multiple Vulnerabilities
5.  [SA28713] Facebook Photo Uploader ActiveX Control Property Handling
              Buffer Overflow
6.  [SA34451] Sun Java JDK / JRE Multiple Vulnerabilities
7.  [SA24314] Internet Explorer Charset Inheritance Cross-Site
              Scripting Vulnerability
8.  [SA20153] Microsoft Word Malformed Object Pointer Vulnerability
9.  [SA33954] Microsoft Excel Two Vulnerabilities
10. [SA35314] Apple iTunes Protocol Handler Buffer Overflow
              Vulnerability

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4) This Week in Numbers

During the past week 64 Secunia Advisories have been released. All
Secunia customers have received immediate notification on the alerts
that affect their business.

This weeks Secunia Advisories had the following spread across platforms
and criticality ratings:

Platforms:
  Windows             :     11 Secunia Advisories
  Unix/Linux          :     25 Secunia Advisories
  Other               :      3 Secunia Advisories
  Cross platform      :     25 Secunia Advisories

Criticality Ratings:
  Extremely Critical  :      1 Secunia Advisory  
  Highly Critical     :     10 Secunia Advisories
  Moderately Critical :     33 Secunia Advisories
  Less Critical       :     15 Secunia Advisories
  Not Critical        :      5 Secunia Advisories

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