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Microsoft confirms 17-year old security bug in Windows NT discovered by a Google researcher

http://jordanopensource.org

Microsoft released a security advisory to acknowledge a flaw that affects every release of the Windows NT kernel, from Windows NT 3.1 up to and including Windows 7.

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Undocumented vulnerability in `ldd`

http://www.catonmat.net

The `ldd` utility is more vulnerable than you think. It’s frequently used by programmers and system administrators to determine the dynamic library dependencies of executables. Sounds pretty innocent, right? Wrong! It turns out that running `ldd` on an executable can result in executing arbitrary code. I researched this subject thoroughly and found that it was almost completely undocumented.

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Vulnerabilities in Linux allow root privileges

http://www.h-online.com

According to a number of Linux distributors, a bug in the udev service under Linux can be exploited to obtain root privileges. The kernel uses udev to dynamically create device-specific files and folders (/dev/) for input and output, so that only devices which are actually connected appear in /dev.

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Fake Unix and Linux Advisory - The /dev/null Vulnerability

http://linuxshellaccount.blogspot.com

We all knew it was only a matter of time until the bit bucket flowed over ;)

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Created by eggixyz 13 years 27 weeks ago – Made popular 13 years 27 weeks ago
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Critical hole in Mplayer

http://www.heise-online.co.uk

MPlayer, the free movie player, has a critical vulnerability according to an advisory from OCert.

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