Windows 10 V1903 Update KB4505903 (07/26/2019)

Posted on 2019-07-25 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has released the KB4505903 cumulative update on June 26, 2019 for the Windows 10 May 2019 Update (Versions 1903) after an extensive testing period with Windows Insiders. Remark: The update has been released accidentially on 07/25/2019 via Microsoft Update Catalog and has then been pulled. Now it's available and documented.

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Vulnereability CVE-2019-12815 in ProFTPD FTP Server

Posted on 2019-07-25 by guenni

The open source FTP server ProFTPD is vulnerable up to version to 1.3.5b. CVE-2019-12815allows the execution of arbitrary program code with the rights of the service.

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CertBUND warns about a bzip2 vulnerability

Posted on 2019-07-25 by guenni

German CertBUND warns here about he vulnerability CVE-2019-12900 in the open source bzip2 (versions <= 1.0.6), which is used in Ubuntu Linux, SUSE Linux. The vulnerability allows execution of arbitrary program code with the rights of the service. SUSE has released a security update for bzip2.

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SONiC: Microsoft’s Open Source Network OS

Posted on 2019-07-25 by guenni

[German]Microsoft is also engaged in Open Source – and they develop internally an Open Source network operating system for Cloud applications, called SONiC. Here is some information.

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Windows 10: SnipIT occupy disk capacity with SnipUsages / SnipUsagesUpload files

Posted on 2019-07-25 by guenni

[German]A brief tip for Windows 10 users who suddenly suffer from a full system drive and find gigabyte-sized text files with names like SnipUsages or SnipUsagesUpload in the user profile.

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Windows 10 20H1: MS shipped canary build 18947 to insiders

Posted on 2019-07-24 by guenni

[German]Microsoft mistakenly released build 18947 of Windows 10 (the 20H1 development branch) a few hours ago. Was only distributed to Windows Insiders and the version has already been withdrawn. It looks as if Microsoft is working internally on a revision of the start menu.

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Windows 7: New notification update KB4493132 (July 2019)

Posted on 2019-07-24 by guenni

win7[German]A brief note for users of Windows 7 SP1. The night Microsoft has once again rolled out the Windows 7: New notification update KB4493132. Here is some information about the update.

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No vulnerability CVE-2019-13615 in VLC player?

Posted on 2019-07-24 by guenni

SicherheitUncertainty about the reported remote code execution vulnerability CVE-2019-13615 in the VLC player. It's supposed to be a patch in the works, but the VideoLAN project states that the reported vulnerability cannot be reproduced. I added the topic to the blog post Critical vulnerability in VLC player up to V3.0.7.1.

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Windows 10 V1903 Update KB4505903 (for Insider, 07/23/2019)

Posted on 2019-07-24 by guenni

Microsoft has updated the release preview of the update KB4505903 for Windows Insider again on June 23, 2019. It raises the build to 18362.266. There are no update details – I mentioned the update in the article Windows 10 V1903 Updates (July 17, 2019). (via)

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Windows 10 19H2: What could change

Posted on 2019-07-24 by guenni

[German]In a few months we will get the autumn edition of Windows 10, currently in development as 19H2. Here is an overview of what might change with regard to the installation of this function update.

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