National Computer Board Computer Emergency Response Team of Mauritius Weekly Security Bulletin

National Computer Board
Computer Emergency Response Team of Mauritius
(CERT-MU)
Weekly Security Bulletin
CERT-MU Weekly Security Bulletin provides a summary of information security news,
vulnerabilities, advisories and virus alerts for the week of October 13, 2014. This information is
uploaded on CERT-MU website on a daily basis. For details, refer to CERT-MU website:
http://cert-mu.org.mu.
Information Security News
 Hottest News of the Week
Malicious worm seeks vulnerable home data stores
A malicious worm that can roam the net seeking data stored on insecure hardware has been
created by a security researcher Jacob Holcomb. The proof-of-concept worm was written to
illustrate how vulnerable such data stores are to malicious attack. The worm can exploit the
many bugs found in popular home data storage systems. The researcher started work on the
worm after carrying out a series of tests on Network Attached Storage (NAS) systems made by
10 separate manufacturers.
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Vulnerabilities
The table below shows the vulnerabilities related to various Operating Systems, Application
software and Network devices discovered during the week of October 13, 2014. More details
about the vulnerabilities and their countermeasures are available on the CERT-MU website. The
vulnerabilities are organized according to their severity – High, Medium and Low.
Vulnerabilities – High
Vendor /
Product
OpenSSL
Vulnerability
OpenSSL SRTP and Session
Ticket Memory Leaks Let
Remote Users Deny Service
Published Date
CERT-MU References
October 17, 2014
VN-2014-199
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SSL
Google
The Poodle Attack
October 15, 2014
PDF
Google Chrome Multiple Bugs
Let Remote Users Execute
Arbitrary Code and Obtain
Information
October 13, 2014
VN-2014-194
Vulnerabilities – Medium
Vendor /
Product
Cisco
Mozilla
Cisco
IBM
Vulnerability
Cisco TelePresence VCS and
Expressway Multiple Bugs Let
Remote Users Deny Service
Mozilla Thunderbird Bugs Let
Remote
Users
Execute
Arbitrary Code
Cisco
Email
Security
Appliance AsyncOS ZIP File
Processing Flaw Lets Remote
Users Bypass the Protection
Engine
IBM Flex System Manager
Node (FSM) GNU Bash
Multiple Vulnerabilities
Published Date
CERT-MU References
October 17, 2014
VN-2014-198
October 16, 2014
VN-2014-197
October 15, 2014
VN-2014-196
October 14, 2014
VN-2014-195
Virus Alerts
The latest viruses and risks for this week are listed below. Users are required to follow the links
on CERT-MU website for the removal instructions as proposed by the specific vendors.
Virus Alerts
Name
Trojan.Beginto
Type
Trojan
Damage
Level
Medium
Systems Affected
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Windows 2000
Windows 7
Windows 95
Windows 98
Windows Me
Windows NT
Windows Server 2003
Windows Server 2008
Windows Vista
Windows XP
Release Date
October 16, 2014
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Android.Windseeker
Trojan
Medium
SearchProtect!gen1
Potentially
Unwanted App
Low
Yontoo.C!gen1
Potentially
Unwanted App
Low
Backdoor.Gresim
Trojan
Medium
Backdoor.Hikit!gen1
Trojan
Medium
Trojan.Naid!gen1
Trojan
Low
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Android
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Windows 2000
Windows 7
Windows 95
Windows 98
Windows Me
Windows NT
Windows Server 2003
Windows Server 2008
Windows Vista
Windows XP
Windows 2000
Windows 7
Windows 95
Windows 98
Windows Me
Windows NT
Windows Server 2003
Windows Server 2008
Windows Vista
Windows XP
Windows 2000
Windows 7
Windows 95
Windows 98
Windows Me
Windows NT
Windows Server 2003
Windows Server 2008
Windows Vista
Windows XP
Windows 2000
Windows 7
Windows 95
Windows 98
Windows Me
Windows NT
Windows Server 2003
Windows Vista
Windows XP
Windows 2000
Windows 7
Windows 95
Windows 98
Windows Me
October 15, 2014
October 15, 2014
October 14, 2014
October 14, 2014
October 14, 2014
October 14, 2014
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W32.Ippedo
Worm
Medium
Trojan.Cidox.D
Trojan
Medium
Bloodhound.Malautoit.6
Trojan
Medium
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Windows NT
Windows Server 2003
Windows Server 2008
Windows Vista
Windows XP
Windows 2000
Windows 7
Windows 95
Windows 98
Windows Me
Windows NT
Windows Server 2003
Windows Server 2008
Windows Vista,
Windows XP
Windows 2000
Windows 7
Windows Vista
Windows XP
Windows 2000
Windows 95
Windows 98
Windows NT
Windows Vista
Windows XP
October 13, 2014
October 13, 2014
October 13, 2014
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