heise online news 06/11/2008

heise online news 06/11/2008 www.heise-online.co.uk Overview of the news from the past 24 hours heise online news Market research says Firefox has crossed the 20 per cent line Market researchers at Net Applications say that in two weeks in October the Firefox web browser scored an average worldwide market share of more than 20 per cent › Read article     BBC joins Parrot Foundation advisory board The BBC joins the Parrot Foundation, looking to contribute to the development of the Parrot dynamic language virtual machine › Read article     Even more RPC worms for Windows hole Currently, two "real" worms exploit the Windows hole in the server service. One of them also spreads via P2P networks. The malware discovered last week wasn't a real worm as it didn't include any distribution routines › Read article     Google and Motorola join Gnome Foundation Motorola and Google hope to help the foundation increase the software platform's distribution, especially on mobile devices › Read article     Firefox developers incorporate Private Browsing mode Originally planned for the current version of the web browser, the feature which removes any traces of a web browsing session can now be tested in a pre-release beta version › Read article     Setbacks for the development of ultra-wideband wireless technologies Both chip giant Intel and WiQuest, once the most promising start-up company in the UWB business, have stopped their activities in the ultra-wideband wireless sector › Read article     New ODF toolkit from Sun and IBM The open source project is to be a central collecting point for APIs, SDKs and other tools for processing files in the open document format (ODF) › Read article     ApacheCon keynotes streamed for free Apachecon keynotes are being made available as free live video streams for those people who couldn't make it to New Orleans › Read article     Several critical holes closed in Adobe Reader 8 and Acrobat 8 Adobe has released version 8.1.3 of Adobe Acrobat and the free Acrobat Reader to close eight security holes. Some of the holes allow attackers to inject code in a system and execute it via specially crafted PDF documents › Read article     This newsletter is sent to in a multipart format. If you want to read it as plain text, you will have to change the display mode of your e-mail program. You are receiving heise online news because you subscribed at our website. If you no longer wish to receive the newsletter, you can cancel your subscription at http://www.heise-online.co.uk/newsletter/manage/news. For more news from the world of technology, subscribe to our other newsletters: Newsletter heise open source: All the latest about Free and Open Source software from heise online, including news, features, analysis and case studies. www.heise-online.co.uk/newsletter/manage/open Newsletter heise Security: IT security news and alerts to keep your systems secure, with features giving an in-depth look at the world of IT security. www.heise-online.co.uk/newsletter/manage/security Newsletter heise networks features: In-depth articles, tools and techniques for networking and communications. www.heise-online.co.uk/newsletter/manage/networks Legal notice Publishers: Christian Heise, Ansgar Heise, Christian Persson Editor-in-chief: Jonathan Bennett All rights reserved. Any copies or dissemination on any medium, either in part of whole, requires the written consent of the publisher. Copyright (c) 2008 Heise Media UK Ltd.

[CentOS-announce] CESA-2008:0939 Important CentOS 3 x86_64 openoffice.org - security update

CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2008:0939

openoffice.org security update for CentOS 3 x86_64:
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0939.html

The following updated file has been uploaded and is currently syncing to
the mirrors:

x86_64:
updates/x86_64/RPMS/openoffice.org-1.1.2-43.2.0.EL3.i386.rpm
updates/x86_64/RPMS/openoffice.org-i18n-1.1.2-43.2.0.EL3.i386.rpm
updates/x86_64/RPMS/openoffice.org-libs-1.1.2-43.2.0.EL3.i386.rpm

source:
updates/SRPMS/openoffice.org-1.1.2-43.2.0.EL3.src.rpm

You may update your CentOS-3 x86_64 installations by running the command:

yum update openoffice.org

Tru
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[CentOS-announce] CESA-2008:0939 Important CentOS 3 i386 openoffice.org - security update

CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2008:0939

openoffice.org security update for CentOS 3 i386:
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0939.html

The following updated file has been uploaded and is currently syncing to
the mirrors:

i386:
updates/i386/RPMS/openoffice.org-1.1.2-43.2.0.EL3.i386.rpm
updates/i386/RPMS/openoffice.org-i18n-1.1.2-43.2.0.EL3.i386.rpm
updates/i386/RPMS/openoffice.org-libs-1.1.2-43.2.0.EL3.i386.rpm

source:
updates/SRPMS/openoffice.org-1.1.2-43.2.0.EL3.src.rpm

You may update your CentOS-3 i386 installations by running the command:

yum update openoffice.org

Tru
--
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http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xBEFA581B

[CentOS-announce] CESA-2008:0957 Important CentOS 5 x86_64 kernel Update

CentOS Errata and Security Advisory 2008:0957 Important

Upstream details at : https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0957.html

The following updated files have been uploaded and are currently
syncing to the mirrors: ( md5sum Filename )

x86_64:
a933293dc1f8cd8e123259157b26994c kernel-2.6.18-92.1.17.el5.x86_64.rpm
c275d984c75dca19597a8119cb63161f kernel-debug-2.6.18-92.1.17.el5.x86_64.rpm
0c06b5ddd351aac1c34de18ed312470f kernel-debug-devel-2.6.18-92.1.17.el5.x86_64.rpm
680a4fcd5e4fb5a2cb16ccf71c04c61d kernel-devel-2.6.18-92.1.17.el5.x86_64.rpm
210b1ee819e64793c6ef2ea814fd8ef4 kernel-doc-2.6.18-92.1.17.el5.noarch.rpm
d0bdbc18f02c82b7f7b9336a69c1ce51 kernel-headers-2.6.18-92.1.17.el5.x86_64.rpm
5196a4a313daee87b892085dfecc00e0 kernel-xen-2.6.18-92.1.17.el5.x86_64.rpm
e2bcac26114291a19968de0b43557569 kernel-xen-devel-2.6.18-92.1.17.el5.x86_64.rpm

Source:
ee6c5732dd3fbe352475342f04c50366 kernel-2.6.18-92.1.17.el5.src.rpm

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[CentOS-announce] CESA-2008:0957 Important CentOS 5 i386 kernel Update

CentOS Errata and Security Advisory 2008:0957 Important

Upstream details at : https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0957.html

The following updated files have been uploaded and are currently
syncing to the mirrors: ( md5sum Filename )

i386:
a1f5acb59c9efdf61142dca4aa7d2c5a kernel-2.6.18-92.1.17.el5.i686.rpm
620a5f4503efb19efdeb32ecceb66f09 kernel-debug-2.6.18-92.1.17.el5.i686.rpm
c87d75413967df8a1f25365196166bc9 kernel-debug-devel-2.6.18-92.1.17.el5.i686.rpm
18e12ee11769453a52967279f1d1abc8 kernel-devel-2.6.18-92.1.17.el5.i686.rpm
211a7437a8274da07e910f7a1871c7cd kernel-doc-2.6.18-92.1.17.el5.noarch.rpm
10ad35a5cb7b6b1bbfacae9bab189bcd kernel-headers-2.6.18-92.1.17.el5.i386.rpm
7e588672e5c1099e9185b4c9bbed247a kernel-PAE-2.6.18-92.1.17.el5.i686.rpm
35f4ce56311a46c6e84977bbf2c83dcf kernel-PAE-devel-2.6.18-92.1.17.el5.i686.rpm
da483295a4527ea011e0dd98ab1bfbef kernel-xen-2.6.18-92.1.17.el5.i686.rpm
c328b0c3eae4ebf18ab313e71e956e21 kernel-xen-devel-2.6.18-92.1.17.el5.i686.rpm

Source:
ee6c5732dd3fbe352475342f04c50366 kernel-2.6.18-92.1.17.el5.src.rpm

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