Category Archives: Security Vulnerability
OSX Security Update 2007-007
Apple almost made it through the month of July without an operating system security update which would have been a first for the year. But OS X Security Update 2007-007 was released on the last day of the month.
Thirteen components are updated. Click the thumbnail to see the component list or visit the Apple Support [...]
Wordpress Stats Plugin Vulnerability Plugged
I usually don’t mention Wordpress vulnerabilities here, but since I use Wordpress and the vulnerable plugin I figured I’d mention it (now that I’m patched).
The Wordpress Stats plugin by Automattic (Andy Skelton ) had a critical SQL injection vulnerability that could allow admin credentials to be stolen. The vulnerability was patched in version 1.1.1 and [...]
Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.6 Released
Mozilla has released a security update to Firefox 2, making it the second update this month. Firefox 2.0.0.6 is available through the built-in auto-update feature or as a standalone download.
One “critical” and one “moderate” vulnerabilities are patched in this update. The critical update is “Unescaped URIs passed to external programs” which is similar to the [...]
Firefox 2.0.0.5 Released
Mozilla has released Firefox 2.0.0.5 which patches eight security vulnerabilities in Firefox. The update patched eight security vulnerabilities. The previously reported vulnerability where IE would pass a malformed URL which Firefox would then accept is one of the eight patched vulnerabilities.
Two other vulnerabilities were rated as “critical” by the Firefox team. A critical rating means:
Vulnerability [...]
Microsoft Patch Tuesday for August 2007