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WordPress 5.2 RC2

2019-05-03 KENNETH 0

WordPress 5.2 RC2 The second release candidate for WordPress 5.2 is now available! WordPress 5.2 will be released on Tuesday, May 7, but we need your help to get there—if you haven’t tried 5.2 yet, now is the time! There are two ways to test the WordPress 5.2 release candidate: try the WordPress Beta Tester plugin (you’ll want to select the “bleeding edge nightlies” option), or you can download the release candidate here (zip). For details about what to expect in WordPress 5.2, please see the first release candidate post. This release includes the final About page design. It also contains fixes for: Proper translation of the recovery mode notification emails (#47093). Improvements to the way Site Health works with multisite installs (#47084). Plugin and Theme Developers Please test your plugins and themes against WordPress 5.2 and update the Tested [ more… ]

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USN-3964-1: python-gnupg vulnerabilities

2019-05-02 KENNETH 0

USN-3964-1: python-gnupg vulnerabilities python-gnupg vulnerabilities A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 19.04 Ubuntu 18.10 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Summary Several security issues were fixed in python-gnupg Software Description python-gnupg – Python wrapper for the GNU Privacy Guard Details Marcus Brinkmann discovered that GnuPG before 2.2.8 improperly handled certain command line parameters. A remote attacker could use this to spoof the output of GnuPG and cause unsigned e-mail to appear signed. (CVE-2018-12020) It was discovered that python-gnupg incorrectly handled the GPG passphrase. A remote attacker could send a specially crafted passphrase that would allow them to control the output of encryption and decryption operations. (CVE-2019-6690) Update instructions The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 19.04 python-gnupg – 0.4.3-1ubuntu1.19.04.1 python3-gnupg – 0.4.3-1ubuntu1.19.04.1 Ubuntu 18.10 python-gnupg – 0.4.1-1ubuntu1.18.10.1 python3-gnupg – [ more… ]

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Partial Revokes from Database Objects

2019-05-02 KENNETH 0

Partial Revokes from Database Objects Have you ever encountered situations where you want to grant a user access to all databases except a few databases ?  If yes, then this article will interest you.  Starting from MySQL 8.0.16, you can partially revoke database privileges from users, even if they are granted global privileges.… Facebook Twitter Google+ LinkedIn Source: Partial Revokes from Database Objects

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The SYSTEM_USER Dynamic Privilege

2019-05-02 KENNETH 0

The SYSTEM_USER Dynamic Privilege To modify users, you must have the CREATE USER privilege or the UPDATE privilege on the mysql schema. We have added the SYSTEM_USER dynamic privilege to make it possible to protect users against the first case: modification by other users who have the CREATE USER privilege.… Facebook Twitter Google+ LinkedIn Source: The SYSTEM_USER Dynamic Privilege

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How to create multiple accounts for an app?

2019-05-02 KENNETH 0

How to create multiple accounts for an app? You can now grant CREATE USER so that your web apps would be able to use multiple accounts without you risking the end user hijacking the database by changing your root credentials for example.  Wouldn’t it be nice, if you could grant a user privileges to create or modify users except a few users? … Facebook Twitter Google+ LinkedIn Source: How to create multiple accounts for an app?