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LWN Security Resources

LWN.net offers several security-related resources, including the security alert database, the vulnerability database, and the weekly edition security page.

The article index

See the LWN Security Article index for access to all LWN security articles, organized by topic.

Recent security alerts

DistributionIDPackageDate
Mandriva MDVSA-2013:033 cronie2013-04-05
Fedora FEDORA-2013-4832 firefox2013-04-05
openSUSE openSUSE-SU-2013:0627-1 postgresql912013-04-05
Slackware SSA:2013-095-01 subversion2013-04-05
Mandriva MDVSA-2013:029 apache-mod_security2013-04-05

View the full security alert database.

Recent vulnerabilities

The following vulnerabilities have recently seen updates or alerts.

IDUpdatePackage(s) Description
507815 April 5, 2013 bash bash: buffer overflow
506563 April 5, 2013 automake automake: code execution
500144 April 5, 2013 arpwatch arpwatch: privilege escalation
527913 April 5, 2013 mod_security mod_security: multipart/invalid part ruleset bypass
545695 April 5, 2013 firefox thunderbird seamonkey mozilla: multiple vulnerabilities

View the full vulnerability database.

Recent LWN.net security pages

Here are the most recent LWN.net security pages, with a comprehensive roundup of a week's worth security-related information.

DateContents
Apr 03, 2013 Exploiting digital cameras; New vulnerabilities in bind, glibc, mantis, moodle, ...
Mar 27, 2013 OpenSSH 6.2; New vulnerabilities in gnome-online-accounts, kernel, libxml2, privoxy, ...
Mar 20, 2013 Mozilla Persona; New vulnerabilities in chromium, clamav, poppler, wireshark, ...
Mar 13, 2013 Hockeypuck key server; New vulnerabilities in gksu-polkit, kernel, openshift, puppet, ...
Mar 07, 2013 Oxford blocks Google Docs; New vulnerabilities in kernel, openafs, openjdk-6, sudo, ...
Feb 28, 2013 Android security underpinnings; New vulnerabilities in java, kernel, openssh, rails, ...
Feb 20, 2013 Three kernel vulnerabilities; New vulnerabilities in dbus-glib, java, mozilla, xen, ...
Feb 13, 2013 Recent Java vulnerabilities; LWN security survey; New vulnerabilities in drupal, gnutls, kernel, vlc, ...
Feb 06, 2013 CSP for cross-site scripting protection; New vulnerabilities in chromium, java, libupnp, samba, ...
Jan 30, 2013 Filtering SCSI commands; New vulnerabilities in drupal, inkscape, libvirt, samba4, ...
Jan 23, 2013 HTTPS interception in Nokia's mobile browser; New vulnerabilities in ganglia, kernel, mysql, nagios, ...
Jan 17, 2013 Keeping administrators up to date; New vulnerabilities in conga, java, mysql, rails, ...
Jan 09, 2013 Attacking full-disk encryption with Inception; New vulnerabilities in cups, inkscape, mozilla, rails, ...
Jan 03, 2013 Inferring TCP sequence numbers; New vulnerabilities in chromium, freetype2, gnupg, mahara, ...
Dec 20, 2012 Fedora and secure release upgrades; New vulnerabilities in aptdaemon, kernel, squashfs-tools, tomcat, ...
Dec 12, 2012 FreeIPA: centralized identity management for Linux; New vulnerabilities in bind9, cups, gimp, libtiff, tor, ...
Dec 05, 2012 Picking a MAC address for a FreedomBox; New vulnerabilities in Claws-mail, Firefox, Kernel, Perl, ...
Nov 29, 2012 Security implications for UI changes?; New vulnerabilities in Firefox, Hyper-V, Mantis, Tomcat, ...
Nov 21, 2012 A rootkit dissected; New vulnerabilities in Java, Mozilla products, MySQL, Xen, ...
Nov 14, 2012 Potential pitfalls in DNS handling; New vulnerabilities in cgit, gegl, icedtea-web, libav, ...

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