Linux
suppliers Red Hat, Novell SuSE and Mandrakesoft have issued
security patches against flaws in their Linux operating
systems.
Security company
Secunia said that Red Hat has this week issued three patches, while
Mandrakesoft has issued two patches, and Novell SuSE one, in
response to various security threats to their systems.
These include
openings for denial-of-service attacks, buffer overflow attacks,
and the use of graphics and Adobe Acrobat documents to take over a
user’s machine.
Over the past year
virus writers and hackers have begun to target increasingly popular
Linux systems.
In December a
security researcher uncovered a set of security flaws in an image
component which could put Linux users at risk of system compromise
if they view a maliciously crafted image.
For more
information about the latest Linux security threats go
to www.secunia.com.