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USN-3273-1: LibreOffice vulnerabilities

2017-05-03 KENNETH 0

USN-3273-1: LibreOffice vulnerabilities Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3273-1 2nd May, 2017 libreoffice vulnerabilities A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 16.10 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Summary LibreOffice could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted EMF file. Software description libreoffice – Office productivity suite Details It was discovered that LibreOffice incorrectly handled EMF image files.If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted EMF image file, aremote attacker could cause LibreOffice to crash, and possibly executearbitrary code. Update instructions The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version: Ubuntu 16.10: libreoffice-core 1:5.2.2-0ubuntu2.1 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: libreoffice-core 1:5.1.6~rc2-0ubuntu1~xenial2 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: libreoffice-core 1:4.2.8-0ubuntu5.1 To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades. After a standard system update you need to [ more… ]

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USN-3274-1: ICU vulnerabilities

2017-05-03 KENNETH 0

USN-3274-1: ICU vulnerabilities Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3274-1 2nd May, 2017 icu vulnerabilities A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 17.04 Ubuntu 16.10 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Summary Several security issues were fixed in ICU. Software description icu – International Components for Unicode library Details It was discovered that ICU incorrectly handled certain memory operationswhen processing data. If an application using ICU processed crafted data,a remote attacker could possibly cause it to crash or potentially executearbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program. Update instructions The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version: Ubuntu 17.04: libicu57 57.1-5ubuntu0.1 Ubuntu 16.10: libicu57 57.1-4ubuntu0.2 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: libicu55 55.1-7ubuntu0.2 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: libicu52 52.1-3ubuntu0.6 To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades. In general, a standard system [ more… ]

Introducing Surface Laptop, powered by Windows 10 S

2017-05-03 KENNETH 0

Introducing Surface Laptop, powered by Windows 10 S Earlier today, we shared our vision for empowering today’s students and teachers to create the world of tomorrow. This is a vision that resonates deeply with us on the Surface team because it taps directly into why we created Surface – to empower people to bring their ideas to life. To bring hardware and software together to transform the way people learn and create. This is what Surface has always been about. We built Surface Laptop to do two things: refresh the classic laptop form factor that our customers, especially college students, have been asking for; and make a Surface that works seamlessly to showcase the best of Windows 10 S. The result is the most personal and balanced Surface we’ve ever made. This Surface perfectly blends fabric and function, power and [ more… ]

Microsoft Education: Empowering students and teachers of today to create the world of tomorrow

2017-05-03 KENNETH 0

Microsoft Education: Empowering students and teachers of today to create the world of tomorrow We believe technology can inspire creativity in today’s classrooms, where the makers of tomorrow reside. This next generation of creators embrace technology as their first language; learn by collaborating and communicating with anyone in the world; and create with touch, command with voice, and conceptualize in 3D. Preparing each of these creators for the jobs of tomorrow is one of our biggest societal challenges and greatest opportunities. Today, only 3% of college degrees in the US are in computer science and 65% of today’s students will have jobs that do not yet exist. At Microsoft, our mission is to empower every person and organization on the planet to achieve more. As part of that mission, we believe technology can be used as a tool to empower students [ more… ]