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A security bug in the latest version of FreeBSD can be exploited to grant unprivileged users complete control over the operating system, a German researcher said Monday. The exploit was discovered and exploited by Nikolaos Rangos also known as Kingcope.

This was disclosed in the Full Disclosure Mailing List him. Shortly after this disclosure, other researchers said they were able to confirm the bug.

The bug resides in FreeBSD’s run-time link editor. A binary run by an unprivileged user can be executed with administrative privileges in a restricted environment.

A security advisory containing a “not fully developed” patch for this has been posted in FreeBSD mail Archive.

You can see it here.

Earlier Mandriva announced the upcoming launch of Mandriva Linux 2010, the latest version of its innovative operating system. Mandriva Linux 2010 will be available from Tuesday, 3rd November.

Codenamed “Amelie”, Mandriva 2010.0 is this year’s autumn release of the popular Red Hat based Linux distribution.

Mandrivia Press says,

Mandriva Linux offers new functionalities which will revolutionise the desktop. These include ‘Smart Desktop’, an original technology which offers dynamic acces to all your files by labelling your photos, documents, mails or videos and managing your personal data in a completely customised approach.

Mandriva Linux 2010 not only proposes the most advanced and easy to use Linux operating system on the market but also integrates a list of the most far-reaching software.

Mandriva Linux is a convivial operating system which will adapt to your computer and devices. You will be able to customise it according to your needs, or to improve it, and it allows your circle of acquaintances to share the experience.

Mandriva Linux 2010 will be available in three editions: Powerpack (the commercial edition, including exclusive commercial software, support, and services), One (a live CD which can also be installed to the system permanently) and Free (an edition which contains only free / open source software).

Link : Mandriva

The KDE Community announced the immediate availability of “Caizen”, (a.k.a KDE 4.3), bringing many improvements to the user experience and development platform. KDE 4.3 offers a more stable and complete product for the home and small office.

The KDE community has fixed over 10,000 bugs and implemented almost 2,000 feature requests in the last 6 months. Close to 63,000 changes were checked in by a little under 700 contributors.

Major features of KDE 4.3 include KWin, a 3D graphical window manager, the Plasma desktop panels and widgets integration shell, the Dolphin network and content aware file manager, the KRunner desktop search and command launch system, and improved access to desktop and system settings and controls.

The KDE suite also includes a variety of integrated applications in the categories of networking, multimedia, graphics, personal information management, education, games, utilities and software development.

For those Whoe Dont know What is KDE:

About KDE

KDE is an international technology team that creates free and open source software for desktop and portable computing. Among KDE’s products are a modern desktop system for Linux and UNIX platforms, comprehensive office productivity and groupware suites and hundreds of software titles in many categories including Internet and web applications, multimedia, entertainment, educational, graphics and software development. KDE software is translated into more than 60 languages and is built with ease of use and modern accessibility principles in mind. KDE4′s full-featured applications run natively on Linux, BSD, Solaris, Windows and Mac OS X.