@RISK is the SANS community's consensus bulletin summarizing the most important vulnerabilities and exploits identified during the past week and providing guidance on appropriate actions to protect your systems (PART I). It also includes a comprehensive list of all new vulnerabilities discovered in the past week (PART II).
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Part I for this issue has been compiled by Josh Bronson at TippingPoint, a division of HP, as a by-product of that company's continuous effort to ensure that its intrusion prevention products effectively block exploits using known vulnerabilities. TippingPoint's analysis is complemented by input from a council of security managers from twelve large organizations who confidentially share with SANS the specific actions they have taken to protect their systems. A detailed description of the process may be found at http://www.sans.org/newsletters/risk/#process
Description: Google has released patches for multiple vulnerabilities in its Chrome browser. The vulnerabilities include a use-after-free error in the code responsible for handling history, a use-after-free error in the code responsible for handling SVG animations, and a double free error in the code for handling XPath. Some of these vulnerabilities could potentially lead to remote code execution, but all would require an attacker to entice a target to view a malicious page.
Status: vendor confirmed, updates available
Description: Nullsoft has released an update addressing a vulnerability in its popular WinAmp multimedia player. The vulnerability is due to a lack of boundary checks on malicious MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) music within the "in_midi.dll" plugin. By enticing the user to open a malicious MIDI file, an attacker can exploit this vulnerability in order to execute arbitrary code on the target's machine.
Status: vendor confirmed, updates available
Part II -- Comprehensive List of Newly Discovered Vulnerabilities from Qualys (www.qualys.com) This list is compiled by Qualys ( www.qualys.com ) as part of that company's ongoing effort to ensure its vulnerability management web service tests for all known vulnerabilities that can be scanned. As of this week Qualys scans for 10634 unique vulnerabilities. For this special SANS community listing, Qualys also includes vulnerabilities that cannot be scanned remotely.
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