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USN-3100-1: KDE-PIM Libraries vulnerability

2016-10-12 KENNETH 0

USN-3100-1: KDE-PIM Libraries vulnerability Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3100-1 12th October, 2016 kdepimlibs vulnerability A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Summary KMail could be made to run HTML if it opened a specially crafted email. Software description kdepimlibs – the KDE PIM libraries Details Roland Tapken discovered that the KDE-PIM Libraries incorrectly filteredURLs. A remote attacker could use this issue to perform an HTML injectionattack in the KMail plain text viewer. Update instructions The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: libkpimutils4 4:4.8.5-0ubuntu0.3 To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades. After a standard system update you need to restart KMail to make all thenecessary changes. References CVE-2016-7966 Source: USN-3100-1: KDE-PIM Libraries vulnerability

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USN-3101-1: Tracker vulnerability

2016-10-12 KENNETH 0

USN-3101-1: Tracker vulnerability Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3101-1 12th October, 2016 tracker vulnerability A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Summary Tracker could be made to crash if it opened a specially crafted file. Software description tracker – metadata database, indexer and search tool Details It was discovered that Tracker incorrectly handled certain malformed GIFimages. If a user or automated system were tricked into downloading aspecially-crafted GIF image, Tracker could crash, resulting in a denial ofservice. Update instructions The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: tracker-extract 1.6.2-0ubuntu1.1 To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades. After a standard system update you need to restart your session to makeall the necessary changes. References LP: 1178402 Source: USN-3101-1: Tracker vulnerability

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MySQL 8.0 Labs – Descending Indexes in MySQL

2016-10-12 KENNETH 0

MySQL 8.0 Labs – Descending Indexes in MySQL Starting with the 8.0 optimizer labs release the MySQL server now supports descending indexes. As I will detail in this post, this new feature can be used to eliminate the need for sorting results, and lead to performance improvements in a number of queries.… Source: MySQL 8.0 Labs – Descending Indexes in MySQL

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Microsoft HoloLens welcomes six new countries to the world of mixed reality

2016-10-12 KENNETH 0

Microsoft HoloLens welcomes six new countries to the world of mixed reality Today, I am thrilled to announce an important milestone for Microsoft HoloLens and our mixed reality journey. On behalf of everyone on the team, Kudo and I would like to welcome developers and commercial enterprises from Australia, Ireland, France, Germany, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom to experience mixed reality through HoloLens. Starting today, HoloLens will be available for pre-order in each of these countries. In welcoming these six new countries, October 12, 2016 marks another major milestone for us. Each of these moments bring us closer to a more personal way of interacting with technology.  They empower us to go further together, making it possible for people to communicate, create and collaborate more easily than ever before: January 21, 2015: we introduced Microsoft HoloLens, the world’s first [ more… ]

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Here’s a look at HP’s holiday lineup of new Windows 10 PCs

2016-10-12 KENNETH 0

Here’s a look at HP’s holiday lineup of new Windows 10 PCs Today, HP Inc. unveiled an awesome updated lineup of Windows 10 PCs for the holiday season, including new Windows 10 laptops, an all-in-one and a 4K display. With these new devices, you can draw and markup webpages in Microsoft Edge, talk to your own personal digital assistant in Cortana and enjoy their overall design excellence, quality and performance, whether you’re at home or on-the-go. Let’s take a look at HP’s new devices: HP Spectre x360 with Windows 10 delivers powerful performance in sleek package HP has taken its most successful premium laptop PC and made it even better. By optimizing the PC for the latest 7th Generation Intel Core processors, and adding a larger 57.8W battery in the thinner design, the Spectre x360 now achieves 25 percent more hours of [ more… ]