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Secunia Advisories
August 12, 2005

From Tony Bradley, CISSP-ISSAP, for About.com

Below are the Secunia Security Advisories rated as Highly Critical (or higher) from August 5, 2005.

  • Secunia Advisory 16412
    Ubuntu update for awstats
    • Criticality: High
    • Description: Ubuntu has issued an update for awstats. This fixes a vulnerability, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.
    • Secunia Advisory: http://secunia.com/advisories/16412/

  • Secunia Advisory 16413
    Debian amd64 Update for Multiple Packages
    • Criticality: High
    • Description: Debian has issued updates for multiple packages. These fix several vulnerabilities and covers all security updates since the release of sarge for the stable amd64 distribution.
    • Secunia Advisory: http://secunia.com/advisories/16413/

  • Secunia Advisory 16418
    SUSE update for mozilla / MozillaFirefox
    • Criticality: High
    • Description: SUSE has issued an update for mozilla / MozillaFirefox. This fixes some vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security restrictions, conduct cross-site scripting attacks, spoof the contents of web sites, spoof dialog boxes, and compromise a user's system.
    • Secunia Advisory: http://secunia.com/advisories/16418/

  • Secunia Advisory 16423
    Ubuntu update for gaim
    • Criticality: High
    • Description: Ubuntu has issued an update for gaim. This fixes a vulnerability and two weaknesses, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) or compromise a user's system.
    • Secunia Advisory: http://secunia.com/advisories/16423/
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