Another Office-related buffer overflow vulnerability - ranked "moderate" - could also allow arbitrary code execution after a PC user opens a maliciously crafted document by using the "Snapshot Viewer" tool that's included in Microsoft's Access...
The tools are designed to let administrators centrally and remotely manage desktops and software system images to be copied to new systems; define groups of users and policies, such as access rights; and "lock down" features to disable certain...
The flaw affects various versions of at least a dozen Microsoft software applications and operating systems, including Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Office XP, Office 2003, Internet Explorer 6 Service Pack 1, Project, Visio, Picture It and...
Others have complained the specifications - at more than 6,000 pages - are too difficult to implement in products. People can download the software, available under the open source BSD licence, for free from SourceForge.
Improvements to the Writer component include the ability to display multiple pages while editing and improvements to the Notes feature, Sun said. The software is available for public download in US English on Linux, OS X, Solaris and Windows but...
Lotus Symphony, based around the open-source OpenOffice.org, has been available as a free beta download since September 2007, and the word processor, spreadsheet and presentation programs are already bundled in IBM's Notes products.
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