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Friday, August 1st, 2014

    Time Event
    4:25p
    Security advisories for Friday

    CentOS has updated kernel (C6: multiple vulnerabilities).

    Fedora has updated bugzilla (F20: cross-site request forgery), kernel (F20: multiple vulnerabilities), openstack-neutron (F20: denial of service), and sdcc (F20; F19: remote denial of service).

    openSUSE has updated kernel (12.3: multiple vulnerabilities).

    SUSE has updated lzo (SLES11&10: denial of service/possible code execution).

    5:03p
    Samba 4.1.11 and 4.0.21 Security Releases Available
    The Samba Team has put out an important-looking set of releases. "All current versions of Samba 4.x.x are vulnerable to a remote code
    execution vulnerability in the nmbd NetBIOS name services daemon.

    A malicious browser can send packets that may overwrite the heap of
    the target nmbd NetBIOS name services daemon. It may be possible to
    use this to generate a remote code execution vulnerability as the
    superuser (root).    "
    8:24p
    XBMC Is Getting a New Name – Introducing Kodi 14
    The XBMC media center will be renamed Kodi. "Six
    years have passed since the Xbox Media Center became XBMC, and simply put,
    “XBMC” fits less now than it did even in 2008. The software only barely
    runs on the original Xbox, and then only because some clever developers are
    still hacking on that platform. It has never run on the Xbox 360 or Xbox
    One.    " Trademarks were another reason for name change. The project
    was unable to trademark XBMC, leading to issues with hacked and broken
    implementations of the software being sold as "XBMC". Kodi is now a
    registered trademark of the XBMC Foundation.

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