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Dienstag April 12, 2005

"OpenOffice Confirms Buffer Overflow Flaw"
"This could potentially be exploited by attackers to compromise a vulnerable system by convincing a user to open a malicious document with an unpatched application. "We learned of this March 31 and will be working on it immediately. A patch is ready but it is still going through [quality assurance] testing," Suarez-Potts told eWEEK.com. The update is expected to be available for general download within two days."
The full article can be found here.

Regarding the status of the patch you might want to follow this message thread.
( Apr 12 2005, 11:58:41 PM CEST ) Permalink

"Start-up wants to improve on Firefox"
"When we launch our own services, in about a month or so, we'll be looking to offer the must-have companion to Firefox," said Bart Decrem, Round Two CEO and a former staffer at the Mozilla Foundation. "We see tremendous room for innovating on top of the Mozilla and Firefox platform, and we see ourselves as the first company outside of the nonprofit Mozilla Foundation that's fully dedicated to serving Firefox users."
The full article can be found here.
( Apr 12 2005, 06:19:46 AM CEST ) Permalink

"Adobe about to release Linux-friendly Reader"
"In March, Adobe made a prerelease version of Reader for Linux available for download so that citizens in the Netherlands could meet their tax-filing deadlines. Now the final version of the 7.0 update is ready, Adobe confirmed on Monday."
The full article can be found here.
( Apr 12 2005, 06:15:55 AM CEST ) Permalink