Debian and PHP PEAR Projects Update For Application Vulnerabilities | Linux Today

Debian and PHP PEAR Projects Update For Application Vulnerabilities

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Sean Michael Kerner
Jan 25, 2019

Time and again, security experts and vendors alike will recommend to organizations and end-users to keep software and systems updated with the latest patches. 

But what happens when the application infrastructure that is supposed to deliver those patches itself is at risk? That’s what open-source and Linux users were faced with this past week with a pair of different projects reporting vulnerabilities.

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Sean Michael Kerner

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