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Friday, May 24th, 2013

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    5:22p
    Security advisories for Friday
    Debian has updated libdmx (multiple vulnerabilities), libxv (multiple vulnerabilities), libxvmc (multiple vulnerabilities), libfixes (multiple vulnerabilities), libxrender (multiple vulnerabilities), mesa (multiple vulnerabilities), xserver-xorg-video-openchrome (multiple vulnerabilities), libxt (multiple vulnerabilities), libxcursor (multiple vulnerabilities), libxext (multiple vulnerabilities), libxi (multiple vulnerabilities), libxrandr (multiple vulnerabilities), libxp (multiple vulnerabilities), libxcb (multiple vulnerabilities), libfs (multiple vulnerabilities), libxres (multiple vulnerabilities), libxtst (multiple vulnerabilities), libxxf86dga (multiple vulnerabilities), libxinerama (multiple vulnerabilities), libxxf86vm (multiple vulnerabilities), and libxvmc (regression in previous update).

    openSUSE has updated kernel (multiple vulnerabilities), firefox (multiple vulnerabilities), and icedtea-web (multiple vulnerabilities).

    Red Hat has updated kvm (privilege escalation).

    SUSE has updated kernel (privilege escalation).

    Ubuntu has updated kernel (13.04; 12.10; 12.04 LTS: multiple vulnerabilities), quantal HWE kernel (12.04 LTS: multiple vulnerabilities), and OMAP4 kernel (12.10: multiple vulnerabilities).

    5:46p
    Debian Project mourns the loss of Ray Dassen
    Long time Debian developer Ray Dassen died on May 18. "The Debian Project honours Ray's great work and his strong dedication to
    Debian and Free Software. His technical knowledge and his ability to
    share that knowledge with others will be missed. His contributions will
    not be forgotten, and the high standards of his work will continue to
    serve as an inspiration to others.
    "
    6:12p
    Security issue in livecd-tools causes password issue in Fedora cloud images
    A security issue has been identified in the tool used by the Fedora Project
    to create cloud images. "Images generated by this tool, including
    Fedora Project “official” AMIs (Amazon Machine Images), AMIs whose heritage
    can be traced to official Fedora AMIs, as well as some images using the AMI
    format in non-Amazon clouds, are affected, as described below.
    " The
    flaw has been assigned CVE-2013-2069.
    7:43p
    New stable kernels 3.9.4, 3.4.47, and 3.0.80
    There are three new stable kernels available: 3.9.4, 3.4.47,
    and 3.0.80. All contain important fixes.

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