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November 2, 2013 at 12:37 pm

Third Party Program Updates For October 2013

Hello everyone,

In this March post I told you about a great program that will show you all of your computers third party program vulnerabilities, and then download and install the latest vulnerability fixes. Great stuff!

Speaking of vulnerabilities, here is a chart of the non-MS patches that affected Windows platforms in the past month of October. Get updated asap!

Identifier

Vendor/Product

Product Version Affected

Date Released by Vendor

Vulnerability Info

Vendor
Severity / Our Recommendation

APSB13-25

Adobe Reader and Acrobat XI

For Windows, version 11.0.04. Version 10.1.8 and earlier not affected

10/8/2013

Remote Code – allows remote attackers to execute arbitray code via PDF’s

Critical: Priority 2 / upgrade within 30 days

APSB13-24

Adobe Robohelp

10 for Windows

10/8/2013

Remote Code – allows attackers to execute arbitray code or cause DoS

Critical: Priority 3 (upgrade at admin’s discretion)

6.0

Apple Keynote

OS X Mavericks v10.9 or later

10/22/2013

Requires physical access to machine. Screen may be unlocked if put to sleep while Keynote is in presentation mode

Low: install as needed

11.1.2

Apple iTunes

Windows 7, Vista, and XP SP2 or later

10/23/2013

Possible arbitrary code execution

Recommended

30.0.1599.101

Google Chrome

Windows, Mac, Linux, and Chrome Frame

10/1/2013

50+ security vulnerabilities fixed

Critical: Includes fixes to High priority bugs. Google recommends letting the browser update automatically.

30.0.1599.114

Google Chrome

Linux Only

10/22/2013

1 bug fix, resolves issues installing x32 version

Low: install as needed

7u45

Oracle Java SE, Java FX, Java SE Embedded

SE 7u40 and earlier, SE 6u60 and earlier, SE 5.0u51 and earlier, SE Embedded 7u40 and earlier, JavaFX 2.2.40 and earlier

10/22/2013

50+ security vulnerabilities fixed of which 50 may be remotely exploitable without authentication

Critical: upgrade to latest release

Best wishes,
Randy The Tech Professor

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