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Vulnerabilities in LibreOffice that allow execution of a Gstreamer script or plugin

Information has been disclosed about two vulnerabilities in the free office suite LibreOffice, which are assigned a high level of danger (8.3 out of 10). The issues have been resolved in the recent LibreOffice 7.6.4 and 7.5.9 updates. The first vulnerability (CVE-2023-6186) allows the execution of an arbitrary script when a user clicks on a link specially added to a document that launches built-in macros or internal commands. In certain situations it was possible [...]

Proposal for shifting responsibility for bugs in open source

James Bottomley of IBM Research, who maintains the SCSI and PA-RISC subsystems in the Linux kernel and previously chaired the Linux Foundation's technical committee, proposed a solution to the problem by potentially holding open source developers accountable for errors in the code or improper fixing of vulnerabilities. The idea is to shift legal responsibility for errors in the original […]

US Secretary of Commerce: NVIDIA can, will and should sell AI accelerators to China

After initial criticism of NVIDIA's efforts to adapt its products to the ever-changing US sanctions against China, the first country's Commerce Secretary has slightly changed her rhetoric. She makes it clear that the US authorities do not object to the supply of NVIDIA accelerators to China, if we are not talking about the most productive solutions for the commercial market. Image source: […]

Another blow to sanctions: Chinese CXMT has developed advanced DRAM memory with GAA transistors

Changxin Memory Technologies (CXMT) is China's industry leader in DRAM chip manufacturing, and this week it became aware of not only its breakthrough in the technology sector, but also its intentions to attract investment instead of an IPO, which is being postponed. The fundraising will occur against the backdrop of an estimated capitalization of CXMT at $19,5 billion. Image source: CXMTSource: 3dnews.ru

New article: Review of Full HD IPS monitor CHiQ LMN24F680-S: an amazing discovery

Sanctions, β€œparallel imports”, the official departure of well-known brands from Russia, market redistribution and, finally, the appearance of products from companies that the average Russian has never heard of before. Anything new is suspicious, especially when store shelves are flooded with less-than-quality OEM products. However, the Chinese brand CHiQ is a bird of a completely different flight. Source: 3dnews.ru

Aquarius presented T50 AC series servers with Intel Xeon Ice Lake-SP chips

The Aquarius company, a Russian manufacturer of enterprise-class equipment, announced the Aquarius T50 AC family of servers, which, according to the creators, will be suitable for corporate customers, service providers and HPC sites. The devices are based on Intel Xeon Ice Lake-SP processors. The Aquarius T50 D110AC, Aquarius T50 D120AC, Aquarius T50 D212AC and Aquarius T50 D224AC models made their debut. They are designed to solve a wide range of problems, [...]

Linux 6.6.6

Greg Croah-Hartman, who apparently does not suffer from hexacosiohexecontagexaphobia, announced the release of the Linux kernel with the mystical number 6.6.6. There is exactly one change - the rollback of a bug fix related to the cfg80211 driver subsystem (802.11 wireless API configuration), which led to a series of regressions due to one lost commit. Source: linux.org.ru