DarkFiber Consulting – IT Managed Services

Sun has released update 17 for Java SE JDK 6 and Java SE JRE 6 to address multiple vulnerabilities. The impacts of these vulnerabilities include arbitrary code execution, privilege escalation, denial of service, and information disclosure.

DarkFiber Consulting encourages users and administrators to review the Java SE 6 Update 17 release notes and apply any necessary updates to help mitigate the risks.

Apple has released Java for Mac OS X 10.6 Update 1 and Java for Mac OS X 10.5 Update 6 to address these vulnerabilities. Mac users are encouraged to review Apple articles HT3969 and HT3970 and apply any necessary updates to help mitigate the risks.

Mozilla has released Firefox 3.0.5 to address multiple vulnerabilities. The impacts of these vulnerabilities include cross-site scripting and information disclosure. As described in the Mozilla Foundation Security Advisories, some of these vulnerabilities may also affect Thunderbird.

DarkFiber Consulting encourages users to do the following to help mitigate the risks:

• Review the Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory.
• Update to Firefox 3.0.5.
  

Apple has released Security Update 2008-008 and Mac OS X v10.5.6 to address multiple vulnerabilities in Mac OS X and related products. The impacts of these vulnerabilities include arbitrary code execution, privilege escalation, denial of service, or information disclosure.

DarkFiber Consulting encourages users to review Apple article HT3338 and apply the appropriate updates.

Mozilla has released Firefox 2.0.0.18, Firefox 3.0.4, and SeaMonkey 1.1.13 to address multiple vulnerabilities. The impacts of these vulnerabilities include arbitrary code execution, privilege escalation, security bypass, cross-site scripting, denial of service, and information disclosure. As described in the Mozilla Foundation security advisories, some of these vulnerabilities may also affect Thunderbird.

DarkFiber Consulting encourages users to review the Mozilla Foundation security advisories and apply any necessary updates to help mitigate the risks.

Mozilla has released Firefox 3.0.2 to address multiple vulnerabilities. The impacts of these vulnerabilities include arbitrary code execution, enabling cross-site scripting, privilege escalation, information disclosure, and denial of service. As described in the Mozilla Foundation Security Advisories, some of these vulnerabilities may also affect Thunderbird and SeaMonkey.

DarkFiber Consulting encourages users to do the following to help mitigate the risks:

• Review the Mozilla Foundation Security Advisories.
• Update to Firefox 3.0.2.

Cisco has released multiple security alerts to address vulnerabilities in the Unified Communications Manager and IOS. These vulnerabilities may allow a remote unauthenticated attacker to cause a denial-of-service condition, obtain sensitive information, or operate with escalated privileges.

DarkFiber Consulting encourages users and administrators to review the following Cisco Alerts and apply any necessary updates to help mitigate the risks.

• Cisco Unified Communications Manager Session Initiation Protocol Message Reload Denial of Service Vulnerability
• Cisco IOS Software L2TP Packet Handling Denial of Service Vulnerability
• Cisco IOS Multiprotocol Label Switching Virtual Private Network Information Disclosure Issue
• Cisco IOS Linecard Redundancy Unauthorized Access Vulnerability
• Cisco IOS Software Session Initiation Message Memory Leak Denial of Service Vulnerability
• Cisco IOS Skinny Call Control Protocol Fragmented Message Denial of Service Vulnerability
• Cisco IOS IPS Feature SERVICE.DNS Signature Engine Network Traffic Handling Denial of Service Vulnerability
• Cisco IOS IPC Message Denial of Service Vulnerability
• Cisco IOS Multi Protocol Label Switching Forwarding Infrastructure Denial of Service Vulnerability

Apple has released Security Update 2008-006 and Mac OS X v10.5.5 to address multiple vulnerabilities in Mac OS X and related products. The impacts of these vulnerabilities include arbitrary code execution, information disclosure, denial of service, privilege escalation, or DNS cache poisoning.

DarkFiber Consulting encourages users to review Apple article HT3137 and apply the appropriate updates as soon as possible.

DarkFiber Consulting will provide additional details as the they become available.