Microsoft has released a security bulletin for July 2015 to address vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows. Exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow elevation of privilege or remote code execution.
Users and administrators are encouraged to review Microsoft Security Bulletins and apply the necessary updates.
Click here https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/security/ms15-jul.aspx for more information
VMware has released security advisory to address a host privilege escalation vulnerability in VMware workstation, Player and Horizon View Client for Windows. Exploitation of these vulnerabilities may allow remote attacker to escalate privileges and execute code on an affected VMware system.
Updates available include:
(a) VMware Workstation 11.1.1
(b) VMware Workstation 10.0.7
(c) VMware Player 7.1.1
(d) VMware Player 6.0.7
(e) VMware Horizon Client for Windows (with Local Mode Option) 5.4.2
OpenSSL has released updates to address a vulnerability that could impact proper certificate verification. A remote attacker could issue invalid certificates that pass validation by affected versions.
Updates available include:
(a) OpenSSL 1.0.2d for 1.0.2b/1.02c users
(b) OpenSSL 1.0.1p for 1.0.1n/1.0.1o users
Users and administrators are encouraged to review the advisory and apply the necessary updates.
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The Internet Systems Consortium (ISC) has released security updates for BIND. These updates address vulnerability that could potentially allow an attacker to cause a denial of service condition.
The following update is available:-
(a) BIND 9-version 9.9.7-P1
(b) BIND 9-version 9.10.2-P2
Users and administrators are encouraged to review the ISC Knowledge Base and apply the necessary updates.
Click here for more information
Adobe has released security updates for Flash Player for Windows, Macintosh and Linux. These updates address vulnerabilities that could potentially allow an attacker to take control of the affected system.
Affected Software:-
(a) Adobe Flash Player Desktop Runtime version 18.0.0.194 and earlier for Windows and Macintosh
(b) Adobe Flash Player Extended Support Release version 13.0.0.296 and earlier for Windows and Macintosh
(c) Adobe Flash Player for Google Chrome version 18.0.0.194 and earlier for Windows, Macintosh and Linux
(d) Adobe Flash Player for Internet Explorer 10 and Internet Explorer 11 version 18.0.0.194 and earlier for Windows 8.0 and 8.1
(e) Adobe Flash Player version 11.2.202.468 and earlier for Linux
(f) AIR Desktop Runtime version 18.0.0.144 and earlier for Windows and Macintosh
(g) AIR SDK version 18.0.0.144 and earlier for Windows, Macintosh, Android and iOS
(h) AIR SDK & Compiler version 18.0.0.144 and earlier for Windows, Macintosh, Android and iOS
Users and administrators are encouraged to review the Adobe Security Bulletins and apply the necessary updates.
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