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SuSE releases critical patches

February 7, 2005 Linux seller creates patches to address vulnerabilities that can be exploited for spoofing or denial-of-service attacks. TAGS: SuSE, patch management, Novell Inc., denial of service, vulnerability, Linux

Attack code comes on heels of Microsoft patches

June 15, 2006 Just a day after patches for vulnerabilities are released, code designed to exploit those weaknesses appears on Net. TAGS: patch management, iDefense, flaw, security update, code, remote access, vulnerability, security, Microsoft Corp.

'Critical' patches released for Windows

January 11, 2005 Microsoft releases two patches for OS, but fix for underlying IE problems is not yet ready. TAGS: patch management, Stephen Toulouse, patch, vulnerability, attacker, security, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Internet Explorer, operating system

Oracle patches to fix 37 flaws

April 11, 2007 Quarterly "critical patch update" will include fixes for seven vulnerabilities that could be exploited remotely. TAGS: Oracle Corp., patch management, fix, vulnerability, Microsoft Corp.

Apple plugs 'critical' holes in OS X

September 23, 2005 Ten new patches for the Macintosh operating system address myriad flaws that open systems to remote attacks, experts say. TAGS: flaw, Apple Mac OS X, patch management, Apple Computer, vulnerability, Apple Mac OS, Symantec Corp., security, Apple Macintosh, operating system

Sun patches critical JRE security flaws

January 18, 2007 Patches aimed at vulnerabilities in Java Runtime Environment that could occur when processing GIF images. TAGS: JRE, security flaw, Sun Microsystems Inc., JDK, Java, patch management, SDK, Sun Java, vulnerability, security

Oracle to push out 51 patches

October 15, 2007 Update includes fixes for 27 vulnerabilities in Oracle Database, five of which may be exploited remotely without authentication. TAGS: Oracle Corp., Oracle Database, flaw, authentication, vulnerability, patch management, fix, database

Cisco finds two new flaws

February 16, 2007 News of holes in security appliances comes days after company patches operating system bugs. TAGS: security appliance, Cisco Systems Inc., access control, vulnerability, patch management, flaw, networking, security, router, operating system

OpenOffice patches 'highly critical' flaw

January 5, 2007 All but newest version of software suite has flaw that could allow introduction of malicious code. TAGS: OpenOffice, Microsoft Windows Metafile, vulnerability, patch management, flaw, malicious code, spreadsheet, Microsoft Corp.

Microsoft pulls four planned patches

January 5, 2007 Company now plans to release four security bulletins with fixes for its products, instead of the eight that it had announced. TAGS: bulletin, patch management, vulnerability, fix, security, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

Microsoft struggles with patch

October 10, 2006 Company faces distribution glitches in issuing "critical" fixes for Windows, Office, among other updates. TAGS: patch management, Microsoft Update, Microsoft Office, vulnerability, flaw, Microsoft Windows Update, software company, Symantec Corp., Microsoft Corp., fix, security, Microsoft Windows, Web browser

Cisco patches Wi-Fi vulnerabilities

April 13, 2007 Software vulnerabilities that could result in unauthorized access to a wireless network are addressed by two sets of patches. TAGS: Cisco Systems Inc., advisory, vulnerability, patch management, access point, WLAN, LAN, Wi-Fi

Microsoft leaves Word zero-day holes unpatched

January 9, 2007 Software giant releases fixes for vulnerabilities in Windows and Office, but several known Word zero-day flaws go without patches. TAGS: bulletin, vulnerability, patch management, attacker, Microsoft Update, fix, flaw, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Word, Automatic Update, Microsoft Corp., security, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Windows, PC

Intel sends out Centrino patches

August 2, 2006 Flaws in Centrino device drivers and ProSet management software compromise security of the wireless technology. TAGS: Intel Centrino, F-Secure Corp., patch management, Intel, device driver, chip company, flaw, vulnerability, security, Wi-Fi, laptop computer

Red Hat, SuSE release Linux patches

January 13, 2005 Linux vendors release patches to resolve operating-system vulnerabilities ranging from DoS attacks to buffer overflows. TAGS: Red Hat Inc., SuSE, Mandriva, vulnerability, denial of service, patch management, GNOME, Linux, flaw, buffer-overflow, attacker, Novell Inc., Adobe PDF

Symantec: Mozilla browsers more vulnerable than IE

September 19, 2005 But the security specialist also finds that Microsoft's browser is the only one widely exploited by hackers today. TAGS: Mozilla Web browser, Mozilla Corp., Symantec Corp., vulnerability, hacker, Web browser, Microsoft Internet Explorer, patch management, security, Microsoft Corp., Firefox

Microsoft patches zero-day Windows Media flaw

December 12, 2006 Fix for critical security hole in Windows Media Format was added to Microsoft's Patch Tuesday updates at the last moment. TAGS: SNMP, Windows Media Format, flaw, patch management, Microsoft Visual Studio 2005, Windows Media, vulnerability, Microsoft Visual Studio, fix, Microsoft Corp., security, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Internet Explorer

Cisco patches security flaws in number of products

May 24, 2007 Updates address vulnerabilities in products ranging from Cisco Unified CallManager to Cisco Firewall Service Module. TAGS: Cisco Systems Inc., security flaw, denial of service, vulnerability, packet, Cisco IOS, attacker, router, security, patch management

Backup software flaws pose risk

January 19, 2006 EMC warns of bugs in NetWorker, while code that takes advantage of a flaw in Veritas' NetBackup product has been released on the Net. TAGS: VERITAS NetBackup, VERITAS Software Corp., EMC Corp., backup software, iDefense, flaw, vulnerability, Symantec Corp., backup, attack, patch management, security

Security patches issued for RealPlayers

March 3, 2005 RealNetworks releases patches for its audio-video players in an effort to prevent attacks via buffer overflows. TAGS: RealNetworks RealPlayer, RealNetworks RealOne Player, RealNetworks Inc., RealNetworks RealOne, patch management, buffer-overflow, vulnerability, Linux, security, Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Windows
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