Secunia Weekly Summary - Issue: 2010-38

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                  The Secunia Weekly Advisory Summary                  
                        2010-09-16 - 2010-09-23                        

                       This week: 75 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:


Auto Update your Programs - Secunia PSI 2.0 Public Beta

We are happy to announce the immediate availability of the Secunia
Personal Software Inspector (PSI) 2.0 Beta.

Read More:
http://secunia.com/blog/123

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Secunia PSI 2.0 Auto Updates: A flying start and interesting numbers!

The interest for the new Secunia PSI 2.0 Beta, released yesterday, has
been outright astonishing. After 24 hours, more than 6,500 security
conscious users already installed, scanned, and patched using the new
version.

Read More:
http://secunia.com/blog/127

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Secunia CSI 4.1 released - enhanced reporting, new features, and
integration with Secunia PSI

The Secunia CSI 4.1 is available for immediately download for existing
Secunia CSI 4.0 customers. If you're not yet a customer you can request
a trial account.

Read More:
http://secunia.com/blog/125

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Secunia wins the 2010 Global Frost & Sullivan Award for Customer Value
Enhancement.

"Secunia’s penetration rate in the vulnerability research market is
directly attributable to its firm commitment towards enhancing the
value that customers derive from the company’s product and services,"
says Frost & Sullivan Industry Analyst Chris Rodriguez.

Download the complete research report by Frost & Sullivan at:
http://secunia.com/gfx/pdf/Frost_Sullivan_Secunia_2010.pdf

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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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A vulnerability has been discovered in Adobe Flash Player, which can be
exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.

http://secunia.com/advisories/41434/

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A vulnerability has been reported in Microsoft Windows, which can be
exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges.

http://secunia.com/advisories/41525/

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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 Unspecified Code Execution
              Vulnerability
2.  [SA41435] Adobe Reader/Acrobat Flash Player Unspecified Code
              Execution Vulnerability
3.  [SA41340] Adobe Reader / Acrobat SING "uniqueName" Buffer
              Overflow Vulnerability
4.  [SA40907] Adobe Flash Player Multiple Vulnerabilities
5.  [SA41213] Apple QuickTime QTPlugin.ocx Input Validation
              Vulnerability
6.  [SA41244] Mozilla Firefox NSS Certificate IP Address Wildcard
              Matching Vulnerability
7.  [SA41443] Google Chrome Multiple Vulnerabilities
8.  [SA41297] Mozilla Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities
9.  [SA37255] Sun Java JDK / JRE Multiple Vulnerabilities
10. [SA41409] Microsoft ASP.NET Cryptographic Padding Information
              Disclosure

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4) This Week in Numbers

During the past week 75 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             :     19 Secunia Advisories
  Unix/Linux          :     30 Secunia Advisories
  Other               :      5 Secunia Advisories
  Cross platform      :     21 Secunia Advisories

Criticality Ratings:
  Extremely Critical  :      0 Secunia Advisories
  Highly Critical     :     10 Secunia Advisories
  Moderately Critical :     32 Secunia Advisories
  Less Critical       :     30 Secunia Advisories
  Not Critical        :      3 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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