The release of the main branch nginx 1.27.1 has been formed, continuing the development of new features, alongside the concurrently supported stable branch nginx 1.22.1, which includes only changes related to addressing serious bugs and vulnerabilities. Updates have fixed a vulnerability (CVE-2024-7347) in the ngx_http_mp4_module, causing a crash when processing a specially crafted file in the format […]
The Gentoo Linux project has decided to discontinue support for the IA-64 (Itanium) architecture in the distribution. In the first half of September, all ia64 profiles will be removed, and all packages will cease to reference the ia64 architecture in the KEYWORDS section. The reason for the change is cited as the inability to continue supporting IA-64 in the distribution given the end of support for this architecture in the Linux kernel and Glibc, as […]
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has introduced the first three standards defining cryptographic algorithms resistant to attacks using quantum computers. The first standardized algorithm (CRYSTALS-Kyber) specifies a method for key encapsulation and is intended for encrypting data exchange, while the other two (CRYSTALS-Dilithium and Sphincs+) implement variations for creating digital signatures that can be used for authentication tasks. To […]
The release of the Pale Moon 33.3.0 web browser, a fork from the Firefox codebase aimed at improving performance, maintaining a classic interface, minimizing memory consumption, and providing additional customization options, has been published. Pale Moon builds are available for Windows and Linux (x86_64). The project’s code is distributed under the MPLv2 (Mozilla Public License). The project adheres to a classic interface organization, without transitioning to […]
The release of the open-source PaaS platform Cozystack 0.11.0, built on Kubernetes, has been published. The project aims to provide a ready-made platform for hosting providers and a framework for building private and public clouds. The platform is installed directly on servers and covers all aspects of preparing infrastructure for providing managed services. Cozystack allows running and providing Kubernetes clusters, databases, and virtual machines. The platform's code […]
The release of the specialized distribution Tails 6.6 (The Amnesic Incognito Live System), based on Debian 12, has been formed, delivered with the GNOME 43 desktop and designed for anonymous networking. Anonymous access in Tails is provided through the Tor system. All connections, except traffic through the Tor network, are blocked by default by a packet filter. User data is stored in […]
Oligo Security has released information about a vulnerability affecting Chrome, Firefox, and Safari, which allows bypassing access restrictions to network services available only on the local system via the IP address 0.0.0.0. The first warnings about this vulnerability were published 18 years ago, yet the issue remains unresolved. The vulnerability manifests only in […]
The release of the RebeccaBlackOS 2024-08-12 distribution has been formed, aimed at introducing the latest developments related to Wayland support in various desktop environments and applications. The distribution is based on Debian and includes fresh builds of Wayland libraries (snapshot from the master branch), the Weston compositor, and pre-configured environments working atop Wayland including KDE, GNOME, Wayfire (with MATE components), Sway, LXQt, and Xfce. […]
The release of the Hyprland 0.42 compositor, utilizing the Wayland protocol, has been published. The compositor is focused on tiling window layouts, but also supports traditional free-form window placement, tabbed window grouping, pseudo-tile mode, and fullscreen window expansion. It supports elements for creating visually appealing interfaces, such as gradients in window frames, blurring, animations, and shadows. For […]
Daniel Stenberg, the author of the data transfer utility Curl, announced the acceptance of the wcurl utility into the project. The wcurl utility is now recognized as an official Curl project, but its development will continue by the existing maintainers in a separate repository, independent of Curl. The utility is being developed by one of the maintainer of Debian, who oversees the package with Curl. In […]
A vulnerability (CVE-2024-7589) has been identified in the OpenSSH server included with FreeBSD, allowing remote code execution with root privileges without authentication. This vulnerability is a variant of a problem identified in early July in OpenSSH (CVE-2024-6387) and is also caused by a race condition occurring from executing functions not designed for asynchronous calls in signal handlers. The FreeBSD developers have resolved the original […]
As part of the Verso project, a new web browser is being developed based on the Servo engine. The Verso code, like Servo, is written in Rust and is distributed under MIT and Apache 2.0 licenses. The browser is still in the early stages of development and, in addition to the web content processing features provided by the Servo engine, implements a simple user interface. Testable builds are being published […]