A Week Of Linux News 17 December 2016 - More Vulnerabilities

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Two new vulnerabilities were publicised this week in Linux. One affected the Ubuntu application crash reporter Apport, the other affected libgme game emulator sound library in Gstreamer.

Apport vulnerability: https://donncha.is/2016/12/compromising-ubuntu-desktop/
Libgme vulnerability: https://scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.co.uk/2016/12/redux-compromising-linux-using-snes.html
Ubuntu removing swapfile: http://blog.surgut.co.uk/2016/12/swapfiles-by-default-in-ubuntu.html
Kubuntu backports KDE 5.8: http://www.kubuntu.org/news/kubuntu-and-linux-mint-doing-plasma-5-8-testing/
KDE Applications 16.12.0 released: https://www.kde.org/announcements/announce-applications-16.12.0.php

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