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RHSA-2019:0270-1: Important: thunderbird security update

2019-02-05 KENNETH 0

RHSA-2019:0270-1: Important: thunderbird security update Red Hat Enterprise Linux: An update for thunderbird is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section. CVE-2016-5824, CVE-2018-18500, CVE-2018-18501, CVE-2018-18505 Source: RHSA-2019:0270-1: Important: thunderbird security update

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RHSA-2019:0269-1: Important: thunderbird security update

2019-02-05 KENNETH 0

RHSA-2019:0269-1: Important: thunderbird security update Red Hat Enterprise Linux: An update for thunderbird is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section. CVE-2016-5824, CVE-2018-18500, CVE-2018-18501, CVE-2018-18505 Source: RHSA-2019:0269-1: Important: thunderbird security update

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USN-3878-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

2019-02-05 KENNETH 0

USN-3878-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities linux, linux-aws, linux-gcp, linux-kvm, linux-raspi2 vulnerabilities A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 18.10 Summary Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel. Software Description linux – Linux kernel linux-aws – Linux kernel for Amazon Web Services (AWS) systems linux-gcp – Linux kernel for Google Cloud Platform (GCP) systems linux-kvm – Linux kernel for cloud environments linux-raspi2 – Linux kernel for Raspberry Pi 2 Details It was discovered that a race condition existed in the vsock address family implementation of the Linux kernel that could lead to a use-after-free condition. A local attacker in a guest virtual machine could use this to expose sensitive information (host machine kernel memory). (CVE-2018-14625) Cfir Cohen discovered that a use-after-free vulnerability existed in the KVM implementation of the Linux kernel, when handling interrupts in [ more… ]

Windows 10 Tip: AI-powered PowerPoint Designer gets smarter

2019-02-05 KENNETH 0

Windows 10 Tip: AI-powered PowerPoint Designer gets smarter Do you enjoy using the digital pen to edit PowerPoint presentations? Thanks to the Windows 10 October 2018 Update, now you can do even more. The AI-powered PowerPoint Designer has gotten smarter. Designer can now recommend slide designs based on handwritten ink. Or, if typing is more your style, Designer can take a simple block of text, understand the context using AI, and then provide design ideas using icons and Smart Art. To provide even more design options, there are now 350 new icons in the library. If you prefer to sketch out your thoughts first, now you can ink* your ideas and AI will transform them into perfectly formatted slides. An inked bulleted list will transform into perfectly formatted text. Or, if you’re inking a flow chart or diagram, you can [ more… ]

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The Month in WordPress: January 2019

2019-02-04 KENNETH 0

The Month in WordPress: January 2019 The momentum from December’s WordPress 5.0 release was maintained through January with some big announcements and significant updates. Read on to find out what happened in the WordPress project last month. WordPress Leadership Grows In a milestone announcement this month, WordPress project lead, Matt Mullenweg (@matt), named two individuals who are coming on board to expand the leadership team of the project. As Executive Director, Josepha Haden (@chanthaboune) will oversee all the contribution teams across the project. As Marketing & Communications Lead, Joost de Valk (@joostdevalk) will lead the Marketing team and generally oversee improvements to WordPress.org. Both Josepha and Joost have contributed to the WordPress project for many years and will certainly have a much larger impact going forward in their new roles. WordPress 5.1 Development Continues Immediately after the 5.0 release of [ more… ]