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Mozilla JavaScript privilege escalation |
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Written by Jason Wallwork
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Saturday, 29 March 2008 22:09 |
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 Make sure that you update (if you haven't already) to the latest version if you use Firefox, Thunderbird or Seamonkey. According to the US-CERT vulnerability note of March 27, 2008:
Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird, and SeaMonkey do not properly handle JavaScript, which may allow privilege escalation and execution of arbitrary code on an affected system. The vulnerability is fixed in the following versions of these Mozilla products: Firefox 2.0.0.13
Thunderbird 2.0.0.13
SeaMonkey 1.1.9 Check Help --> About inside each program to find out what version you have or use your package manager to look it up. This affects all operating systems. It's recommended that you disable JavaScript until you've patched or use a script-blocking add-on like NoScript. |
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Last Updated on Saturday, 29 March 2008 22:11 |
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$200 Linux desktop systems are no bargain |
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Written by Jason Wallwork
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Thursday, 06 March 2008 03:51 |
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 This article from LinuxWorld shows why bargain PCs aren't always a bargain, regardless of what operating system they use. I'm not sure these particular PCs are even available in Canada but the point the article makes is sound - many so-called beginner PCs using Linux don't work well enough for beginners and could give Linux a bad name.
From the article: “On Sears.com and Wal-Mart.com -- two sites that sell cheap Linux-based PCs -- potential buyers post questions like, "Which version of Windows does this have?" and "Can I run Windows applications on this?" While either the Mirus SITLC420 or the Everex gPC TC2502 might be an option for technically savvy people who want to dabble in Linux, these machines are very poor choices for the folks the two stores usually cater to.”
Read more at the 3-page article here. |
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Last Updated on Thursday, 06 March 2008 03:53 |
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Written by Jason Wallwork
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Wednesday, 16 January 2008 14:36 |
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Didn't see this one coming: "Sun Microsystems Inc said on Wednesday it would buy Swedish open-source developer MySQL AB for about $1 billion to expand into the $15 billion database market..." ( http://www.guardian.co.uk/feedarticle?id=7231575 )
MySQL is the database system used in online projects such as Facebook and Youtube. As the article notes, Sun probably wants to go head-to-head with Microsoft with a full Internet platform and provide support for it. "'How do you reinvent a gigantic company as a software company -- challenging powerful incumbents in the process?' wrote Rod Johnson, CEO of SpringSource, in a blog Wednesday. He answered, 'I believe that [Sun CEO] Jonathan Schwartz has shown real vision' in acquiring MySQL to position Sun as a major supplier of open source software. Johnson is the lead developer of the broadly used, open source Spring Framework for Java developers."
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