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Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager 2.2.2 is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the References section. CVE-2009-3552

Red Hat Enterprise Linux: The Red Hat High Performance Computing (HPC) Solution version 5.5 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.5, or RHHPC 5.5, is now available, fixing multiple security issues, multiple bugs, and adding several enhancements. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section. CVE-2009-4032, CVE-2010-1431, CVE-2010-1644, CVE-2010-1645, CVE-2010-2092, CVE-2010-2544, CVE-2010-2545

Red Hat Enterprise Linux: Updated rhev-hypervisor packages that fix multiple security issues and two bugs are now available. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section. CVE-2010-0428, CVE-2010-0429, CVE-2010-0431, CVE-2010-0435, CVE-2010-2784, CVE-2010-2811

Red Hat Enterprise Linux: Updated kvm packages that fix three security issues and multiple bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section. CVE-2010-0431, CVE-2010-0435, CVE-2010-2784

Red Hat Enterprise Linux: Updated vdsm22 packages that fix one security issue and multiple bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.5. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the References section. CVE-2010-2811

Red Hat Enterprise Linux: Updated qspice packages that fix two security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section. CVE-2010-0428, CVE-2010-0429

Red Hat Enterprise Linux: Updated kernel-rt packages that fix multiple security issues and several bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise MRG 1.2. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section. [Updated 18 August 2010] The CVE-2010-2240 description has been updated to reflect that the issue affects both 32-bit and 64-bit systems. No changes have been made to the packages. CVE-2008-7256, CVE-2009-4138, CVE-2010-1083, CVE-2010-1084, CVE-2010-1086, CVE-2010-1087, CVE-2010-1088, CVE-2010-1162, CVE-2010-1173, CVE-2010-1437, CVE-2010-1643, CVE-2010-2240, CVE-2010-2248, CVE-2010-2521

Canonical this week released a software framework that brings multitouch interaction to the open-source Ubuntu OS, which could accelerate adoption of the OS on tablets.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux: An updated nss_ldap package is now available.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux: An updated openais package that fixes various bugs is now available.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux: An updated autofs5 package that fixes a bug is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux: A new set of OpenJDK packages that update Daylight Saving Time observations for Egypt is now available.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux: Updated OpenLDAP packages that provides a fix for a bug are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux: An updated tmpwatch package that fixes various bugs is now available.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux: Updated passwd packages that fix bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux: An updated jwhois package that contains an updated default configuration file is available.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux: An updated Adobe Flash Player package that fixes multiple security issues is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Supplementary. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having critical security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section. CVE-2010-0209, CVE-2010-2213, CVE-2010-2214, CVE-2010-2215, CVE-2010-2216

Red Hat Enterprise Linux: An updated Adobe Flash Player package that fixes multiple security issues is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 and 4 Extras. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having critical security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section. CVE-2010-0209, CVE-2010-2213, CVE-2010-2214, CVE-2010-2215, CVE-2010-2216

Asustek Computer plans to launch its long awaited Eee Tablet with an 8-inch LCD touchscreen in October for around US$300, though prices vary by market.

Organizations hoping to streamline their deployments of Linux got two new options this week for running the open source OS remotely.