* Patches from Apple, Debian, Gentoo, others * Patient data exposed in two separate security breaches, and other interesting reading
Today’s bug patches and security alerts:
Apple releases wide-ranging OS X security update
A new update from Apple fixes multiple flaws in its OS X operating system. Application affected include: AirPort, ATS, CFNetwork, ClamAV, Finder, ftpd, GnuZip, Installer, OpenSSL, perl, php, PPP, Samba, Security Framework, VPN and WebKit.
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Five new patches from Gentoo:
Kile (file permissions, data leak)
Ingo H3 (Shell command injection)
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Two new updates from Debian:
pstotext (Shell command injection)
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Five new fixes from Ubuntu:
GnuPG (buffer overflow, code execution)
KOffice (integer overflow, code execution)
Dovecot (denial of service, code execution)
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Three new patches from rPath:
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From the interesting reading department:
Patient data exposed in two separate security breaches
Protected health information belonging to more than 45,000 people has been compromised in two separate incidents disclosed this week. Computerworld, 11/29/06.
PKI will grow, but policy problems remain
Public key infrastructure is poised for a resurgence, with associated identity technologies increasingly underpinning applications as organizations look to securely share information, vendors said Tuesday at a standards conference in London. IDG News Service, 11/28/06.
