September 2005
Welcome to September's edition of Internet Security News, the monthly risks bulletin detailing the
latest Internet software and system vulnerabilities from NTA Monitor, a leading IT security testing
company. It provides a convenient way to keep up to date with the fast changing world of IT security;
this month's edition includes a total of 12 risk issues:
6 High, 5 Medium and 1 Informational .
Internet Explorer Vulnerabilities
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High risk)
3 IE vulnerabilities have been discovered
30th September 2005
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Early adopter of IPv6 faces problems
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Medium risk)
Cisco IOS vulnerability could cause a DoS
30th September 2005
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Microsoft Word Vulnerabilities
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High risk)
Two new vulnerabilities have been discovered in various flavours of MS Word that may allow remote code execution.
30th September 2005
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Mac OS X Security Update Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities
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High risk)
Apple has issued a security update for Mac OS X, which fixes more than 40 vulnerabilities.
30th September 2005
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Who protects the protectors?
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High risk)
A vulnerability has been reported in Sophos Anti-Virus, which potentially can be exploited to compromise a vulnerable system by causing a heap-based buffer overflow.
The vulnerability has been reported in Sophos Anti-Virus Small Business Edition and in Sophos Anti-Virus versions prior to 3.96.0 and prior to 4.5.4.
30th September 2005
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VERITAS Backup Exec / NetBackup Arbitrary File Download Vulnerability
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Medium risk)
A locally-exploitable vulnerability has been discovered in Backup Exec.
30th September 2005
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At the cusp of Zero-Day Exploit
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Informational)
More than 100 companies have been hit by computer viruses that exploit a recently found loophole in Windows barely a week after the advisory was released by Microsoft.
30th September 2005
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Publishing software giant publishes bug
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High risk)
Adobe has released a buffer overflow flaw. An update is also made available.
30th September 2005
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Mac OS X Security Update Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities
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High risk)
Apple has issued a security update for Mac OS X, which fixes more than 40 vulnerabilities.
30th September 2005
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Opera belts out new version
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Medium risk)
Opera software has released a new version of their popular browser, which corrects several vulnerabilities.
30th September 2005
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Microsoft Patch Train
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Medium risk)
The regular MS Patch Train carries six passengers this month, with three critical updates.
30th September 2005
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Windows Remote Desktop Protocol DoS Vulnerability
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Medium risk)
Remote Desktop Services in Windows maybe exploited to cause DoS
30th September 2005
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