Saturday, May 25, 2019

Mozilla Thunderbird Update Available

Mozilla have released an updated version of their Thunderbird email client containing fixes to security vulnerabilities.

Affected versions:
Mozilla Thunderbird versions earlier than 60.7

Fresh version can be obtained via inbuilt updater or by downloading from the product site.

Mozilla Firefox Updated

Mozilla have released updated versions of Firefox browser to address security vulnerabilities.

Affected products are:
- Mozilla Firefox earlier than 67 (advisory)
- Mozilla Firefox earlier than ESR 60.7 (advisory)

Fresh version can be obtained via inbuilt updater or by downloading from the product site (the latest version):
Firefox

Saturday, May 18, 2019

VMware Updates Available

VMware have released updated versions of their virtualization software patching multiple moderate categorized vulnerabilities.

Affected versions:
-vCenter 6.7 earlier than U2a
-vCenter 6.5 earlier than U2g
-vCenter 6.0 earlier than U3i
-ESXi 6.7 without Patch Release ESXi670-201905001
-ESXi 6.5 without Patch Release ESXi650-201905001
-ESXi 6.0 without Patch Release ESXi600-201905001
-VMware Workstation Pro/Player versions earlier than 15.1.0
-VMware Fusion earlier than 11.1.0

More information in VMware advisories here and here.

Wednesday, May 15, 2019

Critical Vulnerability In Citrix Workspace App And Receiver For Windows

There has been found a critical vulnerability in Citrix Workspace app and Receiver for Windows. By exploiting the vulnerability an attacker could run arbitrary code on the client system.

Affected versions:
- Citrix Workspace app earlier than version 1904
- Receiver for Windows earlier than version 4.9.6001.


More information here

Adobe Media Encoder Patched

Adobe have released an updated versions of their Media Encoder. The new versions fix two vulnerabilities of which one a critical vulnerability (CVE-2019-7842) related to file parsing. By exploiting the vulnerability an attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user. The other vulnerability is an information disclosure vulnerability (CVE-2019-7844) and it is categorized as important.

Affected versions:
- Adobe Media Encoder versions earlier than 13.1


More information can be read from Adobe's security bulletin.

Adobe Flash Player Updated

Adobe have released updated versions of their Flash Player. The new versions contain a fix to critical vulnerability (CVE-2019-7837). By exploiting the vulnerability an attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user. 

Affected versions:
- Users of Adobe Flash Player 32.0.0.171 and earlier versions for Windows should update to Adobe Flash Player 32.0.0.192    

- Users of Adobe Flash Player 32.0.0.171 and earlier versions for macOS should update to Adobe Flash Player 32.0.0.192

- Users of Adobe Flash Player 32.0.0.171 and earlier versions for Linux should update to Adobe Flash Player 32.0.0.192

- Flash Player integrated with Google Chrome will be updated by Google via Chrome update

- Flash Player integrated with Internet Explorer 11 (on Windows 8.1 and Windows 10) and Microsoft Edge (Windows 10) will be updated via Windows Update


More information can be read from Adobe's security bulletin.

Adobe Reader And Acrobat Security Updates

Adobe have released security updates to fix vulnerabilities in their PDF products, Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat. Exploiting the vulnerabilities could lead to arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user.

Affected versions:
*Acrobat DC and Acrobat Reader DC, continuous track
versions earlier than 2019.010.20099

*Acrobat 2017 and Acrobat Reader DC 2017, 2017 classic track
versions earlier than 2017.011.30142

*Acrobat DC and Acrobat Reader DC, 2015 classic track
versions earlier than 2015.006.30497


Users of vulnerable versions are instructed to update their versions either by using automatic update functionality or by downloading fresh version manually. The default installation configuration runs automatic updates on a regular schedule and can be manually activated by choosing Help > Check for Updates.

Those who want to upgrade manually, can download the latest versions of the links below:
Adobe Reader
Adobe Acrobat

More information about fixed vulnerability can be read from Adobe's security bulletin.