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Lenovo Patches Serious Vulnerabilities In PC System Update Tool (csoonline.com)

Posted by samzenpus on from the protect-ya-neck dept.

itwbennett writes: "For the third time in less than six months security issues have forced Lenovo to update one of the tools preloaded on its PCs," writes Lucian Constantin. Last week, the company released version 5.07.0019 of Lenovo System Update, a tool that helps users keep their computers' drivers and BIOS up to date and which was previously called ThinkVantage System Update. The new version fixes two local privilege escalation vulnerabilities discovered by researchers from security firm IOActive.

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  1. Why doesn't Slashdot report on systemd's bugs? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    If Slashdot is going to report on every little bug that affects software that comes with Lenovo laptops, then Slashdot should also report on every bug that affects systemd, which comes with pretty much every single modern Linux installation.

    Most of us here do not have Lenovo laptops, and never will. But most of us here do run Linux, and have been negatively affected by systemd. We find news about systemd's problems much more relevant than news about Lenovo's.