The Debian Security Team published a new security update for Debian GNU/Linux. Here the announcement:

LinuxSecurity.com: A vulnerability was discovered and corrected in dovecot:Dovecot 1.2.x before 1.2.8 sets 0777 permissions during creation ofcertain directories at installation time, which allows local users toaccess arbitrary user accounts by replacing the auth socket, relatedto the parent directories of

LinuxSecurity.com: Some vulnerabilities were discovered and corrected in php: PHP 5.2.11, and 5.3.x before 5.3.1, does not restrict the number of temporary files created when handling a multipart/form-data POST request, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service

LinuxSecurity.com: Some vulnerabilities were discovered and corrected in php: PHP 5.2.11, and 5.3.x before 5.3.1, does not restrict the number of temporary files created when handling a multipart/form-data POST request, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service

LinuxSecurity.com: Some vulnerabilities were discovered and corrected in php-5.2.11: The tempnam function in ext/standard/file.c in PHP 5.2.11 and earlier, and 5.3.x before 5.3.1, allows context-dependent attackers to bypass safe_mode restrictions, and create files in group-writable or world-writable directories, via the

Stefan Emmerich has announced the release of Debris Linux 2.0, an Ubuntu-based desktop distribution with GNOME and Openbox in under 200 MB: "After a long time of development, we finally present Debris Linux 2.0. Because of the large amount of

How Software is Built: "The same amount of work one of the top 10 developers did last year wouldn't have even made it into the top 20 this year. Our individual developers have got the work flow down, so we

V3: "Linux developer Mandriva has updated its operating-system-on-a-stick with the release of Mandriva Flash 2010, which includes a bootable version of the software on a USB Flash drive."

IT Wire: "Improved power management in the latest firmware revision for Amazon's Kindle ebook reader extends battery life from four to seven days, even with the wireless interface turned on, according to the company."

KDE.news: "The KOffice team is very happy to announce version 2.1.0 of KOffice, 6 months after the platform release 2.0.0. This release brings a number of new features as well as general improvements in the maturity of the individual applications.

Phoronix: "For those interested in 3D modeling and graphics, you will want to check out the first alpha release of Blender 2.5. Blender 2.5 is bringing major changes to this free software 3D graphics application."