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Gentoo: InspIRCd Denial of Service

09 May 2008

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Posted by Benjamin D. Thomas
A buffer overflow in InspIRCd allows remote attackers to cause a Denial of Service.
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Gentoo: Linux Terminal Server Project Multiple vulnerabilities

09 May 2008

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Posted by Benjamin D. Thomas
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in components shipped with LTSP which allow remote attackers to compromise terminal clients.
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Gentoo: Firebird Data disclosure

09 May 2008

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Posted by Benjamin D. Thomas
Firebird allows remote connections to the administrative account without verifying credentials.
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The Computer Security Paradox

09 May 2008

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Source: Raiden's Realm - Posted by Eckie Silapaswang

One of the most prized rights of any American is the right to privacy and security. It's something people in some countries would kill for. Yet now there appears to be a very frightening trend growing. Your privacy and security are being thrown out the window wholesale in favor of easier access by law enforcement. A recent example of this can be seen with the announcement that Microsoft has been providing a tool to investigators that can effectively rip your Windows security to shreds in seconds, exposing all your private data to whoever wants to look at it.

A key point brought up in this article is the fact that prevention of crimes should hold higher priority over that of solving crimes. It seems that breaking security for the sake of forensics would not only make crimes easier to "solve", but also easier to commit. How do you feel about this approach to improving forensics?

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Linux Advisory Watch: May 9th, 2008

09 May 2008

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Source: Linux Security.com Editors - Posted by Ryan W. Maple
This week security advisories were issued for CUPS, Emacs, KDE, LTSP, OpenOffice.org, b2evolution, blender, cacti, cpio, gpdf, kazehakase, kdelibs, kernel, mozilla-thunderbird, openssh, php, roundup, wordpress, and multiple X11 terminals. The distributors included Debian, Gentoo, Mandriva, Red Hat, Slackware, and Ubuntu. Write Comment
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