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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
Fedora FEDORA-2013-17662 rubygems2013-10-04
Gentoo 201310-01 perl-Module-Signature2013-10-04
openSUSE openSUSE-SU-2013:1523-1 boost2013-10-04
Fedora FEDORA-2013-17016 icedtea-web2013-10-04
Fedora FEDORA-2013-17649 rubygems2013-10-04

View the full security alert database.

Recent vulnerabilities

The following vulnerabilities have recently seen updates or alerts.

IDUpdatePackage(s) Description
538848 October 4, 2013 boost1.49 boost: input validation bypass
555218 October 4, 2013 perl-Module-Signature perl-Module-Signature: code execution
569468 October 4, 2013 rubygems rubygems: denial of service
567927 October 4, 2013 icedtea-web icedtea-web: code execution
499144 October 3, 2013 xinetd xinetd: service disclosure flaw

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
Oct 02, 2013 Integrity and embedded devices; New vulnerabilities in chicken, glibc, kernel, sudo, ...
Sep 25, 2013 Encouraging a wider view; New vulnerabilities in chromium, kernel, policykit, tiff, ...
Sep 19, 2013 The post-PRISM internet; New vulnerabilities in kernel, libzypp, mediawiki, mozilla, ...
Sep 11, 2013 Using vulnerabilities instead of new laws; New vulnerabilities in django, gdm, kernel, subversion, ...
Sep 05, 2013 Blocking DPI with Dust; New vulnerabilities in asterisk, foreman, imagemagick, mysql, ...
Aug 28, 2013 Binary "diversity"; New vulnerabilities in chromium, glibc, kernel, wireshark, ...
Aug 21, 2013 Security software verifiability; New vulnerabilities in kernel, libtiff, puppet, putty, ...
Aug 14, 2013 Prompt-free security for GNOME; New vulnerabilities in phpMyAdmin, putty, strongswan, vlc, ...
Aug 07, 2013 Subverting HTTPS with BREACH; New vulnerabilities in chromium, gksu-polkit, mozilla, samba, ...
Jul 31, 2013 Mozilla PiCL; New vulnerabilities in bind9, gnupg, java, mysql, ...
Jul 24, 2013 CyanogenMod's incognito mode; New vulnerabilities in chromium, kernel, mysql, qemu-kvm, ...
Jul 17, 2013 NSA surveillance and "foreigners"; New vulnerabilities in apache, libxml2, libzrtpcpp, php, ...
Jul 10, 2013 Subverting Android package verification; New vulnerabilites in kernel, nagios, reviewboard, xorg-x11-server, ...
Jul 03, 2013 Mayhem finds 1200 bugs; New vulnerabilities in ffmpeg, openstack, ruby, wordpress, ...
Jun 26, 2013 Verifying the source code for binaries; New vulnerabilities in java, mozilla, python-swift, xen, ...
Jun 19, 2013 Tor Browser Bundle 3.0; New vulnerabilities in kernel, perl-Module-Signature, puppet, xen, ...
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, ...

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