SANS ISC: Update Palooza

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If you are easily confused like me, you may appreciate this quick summary as to the different updates released the last couple of days:

Oracle Java:

• Java 7 Update 15
• Java 6 Update  41

Mozilla

Firefox 19

Apple

(in addition to Apple's Java update to the versions shown above)

iTunes 11.0.2.25

Adobe

• Flash Player Windows 7 and earlier 11.6.602.168 (Windows 8 and OS X is still use 167)
• Acrobat/Reader 11.0.02 (went live on Adobe's FTP server Wed. 20th morning)

Probably the most dangerous thing you can do when applying patches is to rush. You may not only end up with a broken system, but worse, the patch may not be applied correctly. Take the time to test that you are all up to date. Encourage your coworkers and relatives to visit browsercheck.qualys.com to test if all plugins are installed correctly.

(we may update this diary for a day or two)

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Johannes B. Ullrich, Ph.D.
SANS Technology Institute
Twitter

UPDATE

More updates arrived:

• Thunderbird 17.03 arrived yesterday. It fixes 8 security vulnerabilities.
• Apple released yesterday iOS 6.1.2, which can be downloaded fast as it is small (12.8 MB). So far, this update seems to be only related with a bug on echange calendars that increases network utilization causing battery drain. Better to have last version installed as apple does not always list in a detailed way all the fixes contained in an operating system update.

Manuel Humberto Santander Peláez
SANS Internet Storm Center - Handler
Twitter:@manuelsantander
Web:http://manuel.santander.name
e-mail: msantand at isc dot sans dot org