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Mac OS X Pwn2Own vulnerability patched

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http://www.itwire.com – Apple has been forced to release another security update for Mac OS X just over two weeks after the last one. (IT news)

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Pwn2Own 2010 is just around the corner, and Apple has taken this opportunity to harden its web browser's security ahead of the event.

Canonical announced on October 9th, in a security notice, that a new Linux kernel update for its Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS (Hardy Heron) operating system is available for all users. There's a single kernel vulnerability, (CVE-2012-2136), discovered by various developers, related to the Linux kernel's network TUN/TAP device implementation.

According to VLC site, they are urging everyone to update to 2.0.4. http://www.videolan.org/news.html (security advisory 1203)

Will the ubuntu update soon? I'm uneasy using it with a serious security vulnerability. I'm surprised the ubuntu hasn't already updated itself.

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To fix a security vulnerability in the previous release, Firefox developers have issued an early follow-up version 3.6.2 for immediate implementation.

Along with a critical security update for Windows Server, Microsoft has patched the Windows version of PowerPoint to overcome an important vulnerability. But where's the update for the same issue in PowerPoint for Mac?