Thursday, March 17th, 2016

Time	Event
12:06a	[$] LWN.net Weekly Edition for March 17, 2016 The LWN.net Weekly Edition for March 17, 2016 is available. (Comment on this)
3:35p	Security updates for Thursday CentOS has updated bind (C5; C6; C7: two vulnerabilities), bind97 (C5: two vulnerabilities), kernel (C5: two vulnerabilities, one from 2013), and thunderbird (C5; C6; C7: multiple vulnerabilities). Mageia has updated dropbear (information disclosure), nss (code execution), putty (code execution), shotwell (multiple vulnerabilities), and thunderbird (multiple vulnerabilities). openSUSE has updated bsh2 (42.1: code execution), cgit (42.1, 13.2: two code execution flaws), git (42.1, 13.2: two code execution flaws), graphite2 (13.2: multiple vulnerabilities), and rubygem-actionview-4_2 (42.1: code execution). Oracle has updated bind (OL5; OL6; OL7: two vulnerabilities), bind97 (OL5: two vulnerabilities), kernel (OL5: two vulnerabilities, one from 2013), and thunderbird (OL6; OL7: multiple vulnerabilities). Red Hat has updated bind (two vulnerabilities), bind97 (RHEL5: two vulnerabilities), and thunderbird (multiple vulnerabilities). Scientific Linux has updated bind (two vulnerabilities) and thunderbird (multiple vulnerabilities). SUSE has updated git (SLE11SP4; SLE12SP1: two code execution flaws). Ubuntu has updated pam (regression in earlier security update). (Comment on this)
10:05p	A Government Error Just Revealed Snowden Was the Target in the Lavabit Case (WIRED) The information is unsurprising, since it has been strongly suspected for years, but its method of disclosure is rather amusing: Edward Snowden was the target when the US government went after the Lavabit email service. In the response to a request that the government unseal more documents in its case against him, Lavabit owner Ladar Levison got more than he bargained for—the target email address, Ed_Snowden@lavabit.com, was not redacted in one place, as WIRED reports. "WIRED spoke with Levison, prior to his learning that the government had made the redaction error, about his struggle to obtain transparency. 'Three years later, I still cannot tell you who they were after. I keep getting asked the question, and I can't answer.' Now, it appears he doesn't have to. The government has answered for him." (Comment on this)

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