Patch/Configuration Management, Vulnerability Management

Adobe discloses “critical” bug in Shockwave Player

Dan KaplanOctober 21, 2010

Adobe on Thursday revealed a "critical" vulnerability impacting its Shockwave Player. The flaw, present in Shockwave 11.5.8.612 and earlier versions for Windows and Macintosh, could allow an attacker to assume total system control, according to a security bulletin. Though Adobe is not aware of any in-the-wild attacks, the bug has been disclosed publicly. The company did not say when a fix would be released. The current version of Shockwave was released in August to plug 20 holes. — DK

Dan Kaplan

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Network Security

Over 100 Juniper Networks flaws addressed

SC StaffApril 16, 2024

SecurityWeek reports that more than 100 security vulnerabilities affecting several Juniper Networks products have been patched as part of dozens of advisories issued by the firm last week.

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Network Security

Fortinet patches FortiClientLinux critical RCE vulnerability

Laura FrenchApril 10, 2024

The vulnerability is due to a “dangerous nodejs configuration” and has a CVSS score of 9.4.

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Vulnerability Management

Command injection attacks likely with critical Rust vulnerability

SC StaffApril 10, 2024

Windows devices could be targeted with command injection attacks exploiting the maximum severity Rust standard library vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-24576, The Hacker News reports.

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