Thursday, July 10th, 2008
Sun Microsystems has issued updates for Java to eliminate many errors and vulnerabilities in the Java Development Kit (JDK) and the Java Runtime Environment (JRE). These include DoS vulnerabilities, buffer overflows and other errors that could cause a crash or allow a crafted applet to access certain resources, the filing ...
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Wednesday, July 9th, 2008
Microsoft warns that an unpatched Word vulnerability has become the subject of targeted attacks.The flaw - which is restricted to Microsoft Office Word 2002 Service Pack 3 - creates a mechanism for hackers to inject hostile code onto vulnerable systems. Redmond has published workarounds as a stop-gap measure while its ...
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Wednesday, July 9th, 2008
The problem began when Microsoft on Tuesday sent patch number KB951748 to Windows users. The patch is designed to plug a security vulnerability that leaves computers vulnerable to so-called DNS attacks.The vulnerability is widespread and affects products made by numerous networking and software vendors beyond Microsoft. It was discovered by ...
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Wednesday, July 9th, 2008
The development team behind Joomla! has released version 1.5.4 of its content management system. This includes fixes for security problems, as well as numerous improvements and bug fixes. These include a patch for a problem with LDAP which allowed unauthorised access to Joomla! administration pages. The developers have also fixed ...
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Tuesday, July 8th, 2008
Windows update KB951748 should not be installed. It will break your Internet connection. If you have it already installed, uninstalling it fixes the problem.
I have spent the day troubleshooting over 20 PCs and have found all installations to have the install date of 9 July 2008, which in my part ...
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