Kashif Ali

Original release date: October 16, 2020

The United Kingdom (UK) National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has released an Alert to address a vulnerability—CVE-2020-16952—affecting Microsoft SharePoint server. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to take control of an affected system. Applying patches from Microsoft’s October 2020 Security Advisory for CVE-2020-16952 can prevent exploitation of this vulnerability.

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) encourages administrators to review the NCSC Alert and the Microsoft Security Advisory for CVE-202016952 for more information.

Original release date: October 16, 2020

Adobe has released security updates to address vulnerabilities affecting Magento Commerce and Magento Open Source. An attacker could exploit some of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system.

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) encourages users and administrators to review Adobe Security Bulletin APSB20-59 and apply the necessary updates.

Original release date: October 15, 2020

Juniper Networks has released security updates to address vulnerabilities affecting multiple products. An attacker could exploit some of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system.

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) encourages users and administrators to review the Juniper Networks security advisories page and apply the necessary updates.

Original release date: October 14, 2020

Microsoft has released a security update to address a protocol vulnerability—CVE-2020-16898—in Windows Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)/IP stack handling of Internet Control Message Protocol version 6 (ICMPv6) Router Advertisement packets. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to take control of an affected system or cause a denial-of-service condition.
 
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) encourages users and administrators to review Microsoft’s Security Advisory for more information, and apply the necessary updates or workaround.