X Server without Root Privileges?
May 15, 2008Red Hat's David Airlie reports in his blog that a simple hack allowed him to develop an X server without root privileges in the course of just one afternoon.
more »Rdesktop: Remote Control with Security Holes
May 09, 2008Security researchers iDefense have disclosed three vulnerabilities in the Rdesktop Remote Client.
more »Ubuntu Patches Vorbis Tools
May 09, 2008The Ubuntu security team has released an update to close a vulnerability in the Vorbis Tools for editing music files in Ogg-Vorbis format.
more »XSS Error in Bugzilla Removed
May 08, 2008The developers of the free Bugzilla bug management system have fixed several bugs including a vulnerability that enabled cross site scripting attacks.
more »DNSSEC Trusted name resolution with DNSSEC
Apr 30, 2008Some Internet exploits target name resolution servers. DNSSEC uses cryptography to protect the name resolution service.
more »Update Closes Rsync Vulnerability
Apr 11, 2008Distributions such as Ubuntu and Debian are currently in the process of issuing updates to their users to remove a problem with the Rsync tool.
more »CUPS Print Server Vulnerabilities Removed
Apr 03, 2008The new 1.3.7 is the CUPS developers have closed down several vulnerabilities in the popular print server.
more »Xine-Lib 1.1.11.1 Removes Vulnerabilities
Apr 02, 2008The second update of the Xine-Lib video back-end within a month, closes down a number of integer overflows that were described in CVE-2008-1482.
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XZ Gets the All-Clear
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Canonical Collaborates with Qualcomm on New Venture
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Kodi 21.0 Open-Source Entertainment Hub Released
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Linux Usage Increases in Two Key Areas
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Vulnerability Discovered in xz Libraries
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Canonical Bumps LTS Support to 12 years
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Fedora 40 Beta Released Soon
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New Pentesting Distribution to Compete with Kali Linux
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