Security 10918 Published by Philipp Esselbach 0

A new worm that targets Microsoft's SQL Server database management software has inundated networks with thousands of scans for vulnerable servers, system administrators said Tuesday.

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Security 10918 Published by Philipp Esselbach 0

The patch, which was released late Wednesday, is designed to fix a cross-site scripting problem and other security and privacy flaws affecting Internet Explorer (IE) versions 5.01 through 6 and the Outlook e-mail client.

However, the patch only fixes the cross-site scripting issue on one of the listed browsers, according to two security researchers who sent e-mail to the Bugtraq security e-mail list after the patch's release.

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A SECURITY HOLE in the way Macromedia's Flash player handles ActiveX content could allow an attacker to run the code of their choice on vulnerable systems, according to a security advisory published by eEye Digital Security late Thursday.

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