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Post #436,770
by Ashton
10/22/20 9:06:41 PM
10/22/20 9:06:41 PM
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New Google "adds two lines" of relevance (?)

Here’s what happened: Google added a couple new models of Chromebooks to its Auto Update Policy, the page where it lists every Chromebook and how long it can expect to receive updates to its operating system. A Chromebook technically still works without updates, but it won’t receive the latest security patches and bug fixes. That’s bad news for businesses, schools, or anyone, really.

Specifically, Google added:

Pro c645 Chromebook Enterprise Jun 2029
ThinkPad C13 Yoga Chromebook Enterprise Jun 2029



En passant in an I-fixit blurb; I know 0 about your compact message above--but as my iMac is just into 11 years since birth.. well. you know:
WHEN exactly shall Apple pull-plug on latest Security cruft???

That is all.

{{UGH}} ..just as the FINAL Beast -vs- Lochinvar in-full armor are about to joust.
Post #436,771
by scoenye
10/22/20 10:02:29 PM
10/22/20 10:02:29 PM
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New CVE-2020-15999 Freetype memory corruption bug
The bug is triggered by fonts with embedded PNG images reporting a size over 65535. There is an active exploit targeting Chrome but other things that use Freetype and pipe in fonts from the interwebs may be vulnerable as well.

Gory details: https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?59308
     0-day in Chrome fixed this morning, time to update. -NT - (malraux) - (2) - Oct. 21, 2020, 10:05:13 AM EDT
         Google "adds two lines" of relevance (?) - (Ashton) - (1) - Oct. 22, 2020, 09:06:41 PM EDT
             CVE-2020-15999 Freetype memory corruption bug - (scoenye) - Oct. 22, 2020, 10:02:29 PM EDT

DON'T PANIC
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