Twins take on multiple challenges of Office 2019 vs. Office 365

2019-02-07 KENNETH 0

Twins take on multiple challenges of Office 2019 vs. Office 365 If you’re trying to decide what to buy between Office 365 and Office 2019, you’ll find there’s a world of difference between the two. Both include fully-installed Office applications – the latest versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook. But Office 365 is also connected to the cloud, so you can access your content from any device, co-author with anyone in real-time (regardless of whether or not they’ve purchased a copy of Office) and use the power of artificial intelligence (AI) to create more impact with less effort. On the flipside, Office 2019 is not cloud connected and doesn’t have Office 365’s AI-powered capabilities. These apps are “frozen in time” without the prospect of being updated with new features. To further help you choose, Microsoft pitted Office 2019 and Office 365 against each other in a head-to-head showdown, challenging three sets of [ more… ]

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USN-3883-1: LibreOffice vulnerabilities

2019-02-06 KENNETH 0

USN-3883-1: LibreOffice vulnerabilities libreoffice vulnerabilities A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Summary Several security issues were fixed in LibreOffice. Software Description libreoffice – Office productivity suite Details It was discovered that LibreOffice incorrectly handled certain document files. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted document, a remote attacker could cause LibreOffice to crash, and possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-10119, CVE-2018-10120, CVE-2018-11790) It was discovered that LibreOffice incorrectly handled embedded SMB connections in document files. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted document, a remote attacker could possibly exploit this to obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2018-10583) Alex Inführ discovered that LibreOffice incorrectly handled embedded scripts in document files. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted document, a remote attacker could possibly [ more… ]

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USN-3882-1: curl vulnerabilities

2019-02-06 KENNETH 0

USN-3882-1: curl vulnerabilities curl vulnerabilities A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 18.10 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Summary Several security issues were fixed in curl. Software Description curl – HTTP, HTTPS, and FTP client and client libraries Details Wenxiang Qian discovered that curl incorrectly handled certain NTLM authentication messages. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause curl to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only applied to Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 18.10. (CVE-2018-16890) Wenxiang Qian discovered that curl incorrectly handled certain NTLMv2 authentication messages. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause curl to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only applied to Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, and Ubuntu [ more… ]

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RHBA-2019:0280-1: Red Hat Certification bug fix and enhancement update

2019-02-06 KENNETH 0

RHBA-2019:0280-1: Red Hat Certification bug fix and enhancement update Red Hat Enterprise Linux: An updated redhat-certification package that fixes several bugs and adds various enhancements is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Source: RHBA-2019:0280-1: Red Hat Certification bug fix and enhancement update

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RHBA-2019:0279-1: parted bug fix update

2019-02-06 KENNETH 0

RHBA-2019:0279-1: parted bug fix update Red Hat Enterprise Linux: Updated parted packages that fix one bug are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 Advanced Update Support. Source: RHBA-2019:0279-1: parted bug fix update