Secunia Weekly Summary - Issue: 2010-41

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                  The Secunia Weekly Advisory Summary                  
                        2010-10-07 - 2010-10-14                        

                       This week: 98 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:

In one week, Secunia receives five awards from a number of recognised
industry players: Frost & Sullivan, Computerworld Denmark, Børsen, and
OTA.

Read more at: http://secunia.com/blog/139/

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2) This Week in Brief:

Windows Applications Insecure Library Loading

The Official, Verified Secunia List:
http://secunia.com/advisories/windows_insecure_library_loading/

The list is continuously updated as we confirm the vulnerability
reports so check back regularly too see if any of your apps are
affected.

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Multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in Sun Java, which can be
exploited by malicious users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) and by
malicious people to disclose potentially sensitive information,
manipulate certain data, and compromise a vulnerable system.

http://secunia.com/advisories/41791

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Multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in Opera, which can be
exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security restrictions
or conduct spoofing and cross-site scripting attacks.

http://secunia.com/advisories/41740

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Microsoft has released their security bulletins for October.

Read more:
http://secunia.com/advisories/41785/
http://secunia.com/advisories/41786/
http://secunia.com/advisories/41787/
http://secunia.com/advisories/41788/
http://secunia.com/advisories/41781/
http://secunia.com/advisories/41790/
http://secunia.com/advisories/41789/
http://secunia.com/advisories/41779/
http://secunia.com/advisories/39303/
http://secunia.com/advisories/41746/
http://secunia.com/advisories/40217/
http://secunia.com/advisories/41751/
http://secunia.com/advisories/41775/
http://secunia.com/advisories/41778/
http://secunia.com/advisories/41777/

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3) This Weeks Top Ten Most Read Advisories:

For more information on how to receive alerts on these vulnerabilities,
subscribe to the Secunia business solutions:
http://secunia.com/advisories/business_solutions/

1.  [SA41434] Adobe Flash Player / AIR Code Execution Vulnerability
2.  [SA41340] Adobe Reader / Acrobat SING "uniqueName" Buffer Overflow
              Vulnerability
3.  [SA41409] Microsoft ASP.NET Cryptographic Padding Oracle
              Information Disclosure
4.  [SA41791] Sun Java JDK / JRE / SDK Multiple Vulnerabilities
5.  [SA41244] Mozilla Firefox NSS Certificate IP Address Wildcard
              Matching Vulnerability
6.  [SA41656] Foxit Reader Title Parsing Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
7.  [SA41700] Microsoft Windows LPC Message Handling Buffer Overflow
              Vulnerability
8.  [SA37255] Sun Java JDK / JRE Multiple Vulnerabilities
9.  [SA41740] Opera Multiple Vulnerabilities
10. [SA24314] Internet Explorer Charset Inheritance Cross-Site
              Scripting Vulnerability

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4) This Week in Numbers

During the past week 98 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             :     32 Secunia Advisories
  Unix/Linux          :     25 Secunia Advisories
  Other               :      1 Secunia Advisory  
  Cross platform      :     40 Secunia Advisories

Criticality Ratings:
  Extremely Critical  :      0 Secunia Advisories
  Highly Critical     :     27 Secunia Advisories
  Moderately Critical :     41 Secunia Advisories
  Less Critical       :     28 Secunia Advisories
  Not Critical        :      2 Secunia Advisories

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Secunia recommends that you verify all advisories you receive,
by clicking the link.
Secunia NEVER sends attached files with advisories.
Secunia does not advise people to install third party patches, only use
those supplied by the vendor.

Definitions: (Criticality, Where etc.)
http://secunia.com/advisories/about_secunia_advisories/

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