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Ubuntu 11.10, the latest Linux distribution launched by Canonical, has received two important security updates, one for a krb5 vulnerability and the other one for a colord vulnerability. The krb5 vulnerability presented a security issue that affected the Kerberos Key Distribution Center (KDC) which could be mad... |
8 December 2011
10:01 GMT |
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The Debian project announced that a security update has been released for Evince, a document viewer for multiple document formats such as pdf, postscript, and many others. The developers have pointed out that Jon Larimer from IBM X-Force Advanced Research discovered multiple vulnerabilities in the DVI backend of the ... |
5 December 2011
02:20 GMT |
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Wireshark developers released the 1.6.3 and the 1.4.10 versions of the popular network protocol analyzer. The latest variants come with a few security improvements that make sure users are protected against potential attacks.
One of the flaws was discovered by Red Hat's Security Response Team which pointed out ... |
3 November 2011
06:07 GMT |
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The WordPress development team has released version 3.1.4 of the popular blogging platform in order to address several vulnerabilities and security issues.The new release fixes a privilege escalation weakness that allows users with Editor levels to gain higher access to the site than usual.WordPress developers credit... |
30 June 2011
04:06 GMT |
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Mozilla has released the next major version of its email client, Thunderbird 5.0, which contains several new features and enhacements, but also a bunch of security and stability fixes.Thunderbird 5 landed a week after Firefox 5 and is the first Thunderbird release resulting from Mozilla's new rapid development c... |
29 June 2011
10:51 GMT |
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Recently, Canadian mobile phone maker Research In Motion made available a new flavor of its BlackBerry Tablet OS for the owners of its new BlackBerry PlayBook, namely version 1.0.6.The new OS iteration comes shortly after the release of Tablet OS 1.0.5, and comes with support for the new Adobe Flash 10.3, as well as... |
24 June 2011
04:10 GMT |
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With the March software update (NoDo) on almost all Windows Phone 7 devices out there, Microsoft has just started the delivery of a new update for its users, one meant to fix a series of security issues that emerged only recently. The new update was already known to be on its way to Windows Phone 7 devices, and now ... |
4 May 2011
05:27 GMT |
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WordPress 3.0.5 has been released as a security update for the popular blogging platform and addresses several medium-impact vulnerabilities.The release addresses two privilege escalation flaws which allow users with Author or Contributor permissions to gain additional permissions.The vulnerabilities are the results ... |
8 February 2011
05:57 GMT |
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Google has released the first stable build of Chrome version 9 which, in addition to enhancements and new features, contains patches for several vulnerabilities.In total, there are nine security issues addressed by the new Chrome 9.0.597.84, six of which have a low severity rating, two high and one critical.Both high... |
3 February 2011
13:24 GMT |
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Apple has released a firmware update for its Time Capsule and AirPort Base Station products addressing several vulnerabilities, most of which can lead to a denial of service condition.The new 7.5.2 firmware version addresses a total of five vulnerabilities affecting AirPort Extreme Base Station with 802.11n, AirPort ... |
17 December 2010
06:17 GMT |
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Apple has released iOS 4.2.1 for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch, which addresses a flurry of critical security vulnerabilities, including the screen lock bypass discovered last month.In total, over eighty security issues have been patched in the new version, with some components getting multiple fixes.By far, the bigges... |
23 November 2010
03:24 GMT |
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Adobe has issued a security update to its Shockwave Player which patches quite a few critical vulnerabilities. Many of the vulnerabilities could have allowed attackers to execute arbitrary code on the target machine. Adobe Shockwave Player 11.5.8.612 closes 18 critical vulnerabilities. All previous versions of Shockw... |
25 August 2010
11:43 GMT |
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The guys over at Mozilla have performed a series of updates to their popular web browser, Firefox. While reported to have turned the older 3.5.1 and 3.0.12 versions to 3.5.2 beta and 3.0.13 beta only a few days ago, the two variants of the application are actually available for download in the final form, sporting a ... |
4 August 2009
02:20 GMT |
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Sunnyvale-based mobile phone maker Palm released into the wild its latest handset, the Palm Pre, only a little more than three weeks ago, yet it already made available the first firmware updates for the device. While one of them, webOS 1.0.2, was released before the handset came to the market, the company launched th... |
30 June 2009
03:37 GMT |
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Firefox 3.5 may be coming soon, but the vast majority of people is still using Firefox 3. And, while the focus of the enthusiasts and the development team may be on the upcoming version, Firefox 3 is still getting some attention from Mozilla and, while it won't get any new features or major tweaks, there are sti... |
12 June 2009
02:44 GMT |
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