Security Fix Pop Quiz: Have You Been Patching?
It's that time again Security Fix readers: A pop quiz to see how well you've been keeping up with software security updates for some of the more commonly installed deskop applications.
Below are a few of the more important updates, including first links to the newest versions followed by Security Fix analysis:
AOL 9.0 Security Edition -- Advisory issued Sept. 13
Quicktime 7.1.3 -- Released Sept. 12
Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 5.0 Update 8 -- Released Aug. 29
Macromedia Flash Player v9.0.16.0 -- Released June 28
Winamp v. 5.24 -- Released June 26
Adobe Reader v. 7.0.8 -- Released June 15
RealPlayer, RealOne Player and RealJukebox updates -- Released March 22
How'd you do on the quiz? It's not too late to download these updates now.
By Brian Krebs |
September 29, 2006; 1:05 PM ET
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Posted by: E O | September 29, 2006 3:54 PM
I followed the java link and find update 9. Even Security fix can't keep up.
Posted by: HSB | September 29, 2006 4:43 PM
I find the Java updates challenging at times. Not the update itself, but getting the "current" JRE via the built in update functionality. For instance, I updated some of my systems to update 8, but more recently it told me update 6 was the most "current", which is in fact consistent with Sun's Java.com info (see http://www.java.com/en/download/manual.jsp) on 9/29/2006. At the same time, Sun's Developer Network site (see http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp)
has update 9 as the "latest release" JRE. Sure would be nice to have more consistency.
OBTW, my RealPlayer shows v. 10.5, build 6.0.12.1698, rather than the ...1465 your link shows -- time to update?
Posted by: Greg | September 29, 2006 5:05 PM
hi
Posted by: biggy smalls | November 6, 2006 1:36 PM
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And here's question for the vendors - how many of the above applications automatically inform and download updates for the users.
(on a side note, a sanctuary from the bloat that some say adobe's pdf reader has become - http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/rd_intro.php) . [its free, I'm not affiliated]