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Linux Vulnerabilities Creep Toward the Desktop

Publication:Linux InsiderDate:Jan 15 2005
Reporter:Anne Zieger

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As Linux increasingly hits the enterprise and consumer mainstream, a growing number of security threats are emerging which prey on holes in applications and files managed by desktop users.

On Wednesday of this week, Linux vendors Red Hat, Novell and Mandrakesoft released patches for several vulnerabilities. These threats ranged from the moderate to highly critical, as ranked by Danish security monitoring firm Secunia.




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