Entries from August 2008

Cisco EoL / EoS Batch #59

Don’t forget, most Cisco End-of-Life / End-of-Sale announcements include a list of product migration options. If you need help deciding which product is best for you, send me a message.

Cisco SFS 3012 Multifabric Server Switch
Cisco Conference Connection
Cisco Video Surveillance Stream Manager Convergence Chassis and Power Supplies
Cisco TelePresence Manager 1.1 and 1.2
Cisco Signaling Gateway Manager [...]

Categories: Networking

Security Updates | 2008-08-28

Red Hat, Inc.

RHSA-2008:0847 Important: libtiff security and bug fix update
RHSA-2008:0848 Important: libtiff security and bug fix update
RHSA-2008:0863 Important: libtiff security update

Sun Microsystems, Inc.

Covert Channel Security Vulnerability in the Solaris Kernel

Categories: Security Updates

Tech Messages | 2008-08-28

A special extended edition of Tech Messages for 2008-08-21 through 2008-08-28:

ONS 15310-CTX-2500-K9 - Possible SFP Cage Shorting Issue  [Cisco ONS 15300 Series]Under certain circumstances the SFP cage could eventually wear through the solder mask and make contact with a trace via on the board. (CCO login required)
Agencies must implement new DNS Security extension measures on [...]

Categories: Tech Messages

Security Updates | 2008-08-27

Red Hat, Inc.

RHSA-2008:0596 Critical: Red Hat Directory Server 7.1 Service Pack 7 security update
RHSA-2008:0601 Moderate: adminutil security update
RHSA-2008:0602 Moderate: redhat-ds-base and redhat-ds-admin security and bug fix update
RHSA-2008:0648 Important: tomcat security update
RHSA-2008:0835 Important: openoffice.org security update

Categories: Security Updates

Security Updates | 2008-08-26

Microsoft Corporation

REVISED - Vulnerability in Vector Markup Language Could Allow Remote Code Execution (938127)

Red Hat, Inc.

RHSA-2008:0585 Important: kernel security and bug fix update
RHSA-2008:0849 Important: ipsec-tools security update

Sun Microsystems, Inc.

A Security Vulnerability in the Solaris NFS Kernel Module May Lead to a System Panic, Resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS)
Security Vulnerability in Solaris 10 NFS [...]

Categories: Security Updates