Critical Error in Star Office Closed
Sep 25, 2007An unknown software researcher discovered a highly critical vulnerability in the Star Office package. Manufacturer Sun has released patches to resolve the issue.
more »Vulnerabilities in Image Magick Closed
Sep 24, 2007Four 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.
more »Login Vulnerability in KDE 3.3.0 through 3.5.7
Sep 20, 2007The 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.
more »Trolltech Removes Qt Vulnerability
Sep 17, 2007A moderately critical vulnerability was discovered in the QUtf8Decoder of Trolltech's Qt Framework.
more »Samba Shuts Down Vulnerability in AD Interface
Sep 12, 2007The latest version of Samba, 3.0.26, removes a moderately critical vulnerability that only occurs in combination with Microsoft's Active Directory Service.
more »Apache Closes Down Vulnerabilities
Sep 10, 2007No less than five vulnerabilities were eradicated by the release of a new version of the Apache Web server.
more »Survey: Instant Messaging Dangerous for Businesses
Aug 28, 2007A 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.
more »Security Holes: Bugzilla Recommends Update
Aug 27, 2007The developers of the free bug tracking system, Bugzilla, advise users of older versions to update for security reasons.
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