Critical Error in Star Office Closed

Sep 25, 2007

An unknown software researcher discovered a highly critical vulnerability in the Star Office package. Manufacturer Sun has released patches to resolve the issue.

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Vulnerabilities in Image Magick Closed

Sep 24, 2007

Four bugs have been discovered in the free Image Magick image manipulation Software and classified as highly critical by several security research services. A new version closes the security holes.

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Login Vulnerability in KDE 3.3.0 through 3.5.7

Sep 20, 2007

The KDE Display Manager (KDM) can be exploited to allow users to log in without a password. This would give users the ability to log in as other users or even root.

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Trolltech Removes Qt Vulnerability

Sep 17, 2007

A moderately critical vulnerability was discovered in the QUtf8Decoder of Trolltech's Qt Framework.

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Samba Shuts Down Vulnerability in AD Interface

Sep 12, 2007

The latest version of Samba, 3.0.26, removes a moderately critical vulnerability that only occurs in combination with Microsoft's Active Directory Service.

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Apache Closes Down Vulnerabilities

Sep 10, 2007

No less than five vulnerabilities were eradicated by the release of a new version of the Apache Web server.

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Survey: Instant Messaging Dangerous for Businesses

Aug 28, 2007

A joint survey performed by security experts from Infowatch and Russia's Securitylab points to the dangers that Instant Messengers (IM) can mean to enterprise communications structures.

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Security Holes: Bugzilla Recommends Update

Aug 27, 2007

The developers of the free bug tracking system, Bugzilla, advise users of older versions to update for security reasons.

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