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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
openSUSE openSUSE-SU-2013:1025-1 libXvMC2013-06-17
Mandriva MDVSA-2013:175 owncloud2013-06-17
SUSE SUSE-SU-2013:1022-1 kernel2013-06-17
openSUSE openSUSE-SU-2013:1026-1 libXinerama2013-06-17
Fedora FEDORA-2013-10182 kdeplasma-addons2013-06-16

View the full security alert database.

Recent vulnerabilities

The following vulnerabilities have recently seen updates or alerts.

IDUpdatePackage(s) Description
553295 June 17, 2013 bzr bzr: denial of service
554874 June 17, 2013 owncloud owncloud: cross-site scripting
554872 June 17, 2013 fail2ban fail2ban: denial of service
551694 June 17, 2013 X.Org X.Org: many, many vulnerabilities
554052 June 17, 2013 kde kde: weak passwords generated by PasteMacroExpander

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
Jun 12, 2013 Tizen content scanning and app obfuscation; New vulnerabilities in cgit, chromium, kernel, php, ...
Jun 05, 2013 Smack for Tizen; New vulnerabilities in kernel, mesa, wireshark, xmp, ...
May 30, 2013 Pondering the X client vulnerabilities; New vulnerabilities in chromium, kvm, moodle, owncloud, ...
May 22, 2013 DeadDrop and Strongbox; New vulnerabilities in kernel, openswan, openvpn, thunderbird, ...
May 15, 2013 Linux web servers pushing malware; New vulnerabilities in gpsd, httpd, java, kernel, ...
May 08, 2013 IBM's homomorphic encryption library; New vulnerabilities in kernel, mesa, phpmyadmin, xen, ...
May 01, 2013 Code authenticity checking; New vulnerabilities in clamav, kernel, qemu, strongswan, ...
Apr 24, 2013 Ubuntu app confinement; New vulnerabilities in java, kernel, mysql, xen, ...
Apr 17, 2013 Mixed web content; New vulnerabilities in curl, kernel, krb5, xen, ...
Apr 10, 2013 Entropy Broker; New vulnerabilities in asterisk, kernel, postgresql, samba, ...
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, ...

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