Security Updates | 2009-10-29

I track security updates for the following vendors: Apple, Cisco, FreeBSD, Microsoft, Red Hat, and Sun Microsystems. I chose these vendors based on my own needs for the networks and systems I manage. I’ve also found that updates from these vendors tend to catch the major updates necessary for common software applications. If you have other vendors you would like me to provide updates for, send me a message.

If you have an interest in information security from both a technical and managerial level, check out Principles of Information Security. It does an excellent job of presenting material for both audiences.

Red Hat, Inc.

• RHSA-2009:1522 Moderate: kernel security and bug fix update
• RHSA-2009:1528 Moderate: samba security and bug fix update
• RHSA-2009:1529 Moderate: samba security update
• RHSA-2009:1530 Critical: firefox security update
• RHSA-2009:1531 Critical: seamonkey security update
• RHSA-2009:1535 Moderate: pidgin security update

Sun Microsystems, Inc.

• A Security Vulnerability in the ZFS Filesystem May Allow An Unprivileged User to Take Ownership of Files Belonging to Another User
• Security Vulnerability in Solaris libpng(3) May Allow a Remote User to Disclose Potentially Sensitive Information from Applications Linked to libpng(3)