A Flurry of Security Patches
Published on 20 Jan 2006 · Filed in News · 169 words (estimated 1 minutes to read)Over this past week, a wide collection of vendors have released patches for various vulnerabilities and flaws in their applications. Here’s a quick recap of some of the security patches released this past week.
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Oracle: Oracle released patches for more than 100 flaws in their database and application server products.
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Symantec/Veritas: Symantec released patches for its NetBackup application (acquired with Veritas) after exploit code was released on the Internet. It does not appear that this flaw also affects the more-popular Backup Exec application.
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“Do It Yourself” Trojan Builder: Sunbelt Software claims to have uncovered a do-it-yourself Trojan builder that allows unsophisticated crackers to build applications for identity theft and fraud. Does this signal a new era for the “script kiddie”?
Of course, this list doesn’t include the patches from Microsoft that were released last week, which included fixes for two ‘critical’ e-mail server flaws.
As usual, the activity in software patching is another reminder that we must continue to be vigilant in the construction and maintenance of our networks.