Severity: Medium Summary: These vulnerabilities affect: All current versions of Windows or components often packaged with it (like the print spooler) How an attacker exploits them: Multiple vectors of attack, including sending specially crafted network traffic or running malicious programs locally Impact: Varies, ranging from a remote Denial of Service (DoS) attack to … [Read more...]
December Firefox Update Corrects a Bunch of Critical Vulnerabilities
Summary: These vulnerabilities affect: Firefox 3.6.x and 3.5.x for Windows, Linux, and Macintosh How an attacker exploits it: Typically by enticing one of your users to visit a malicious web page Impact: Various results; in the worst case, an attacker executes code on your user's computer, gaining complete control of it What to do: Upgrade to Firefox 3.6.13 (or 3.5.16), or … [Read more...]
