Author: Yuri Gagarin

Release of the Asterisk 20 Communication Platform

After a year of development, the release of the new stable branch of the open communication platform Asterisk 20 has been announced. This platform is designed for deploying software PBXs, voice communication systems, VoIP gateways, IVR systems (voice menus), voicemail, conference calling, and call centers. The source code of the project is available under the GPLv2 license. Asterisk 20 is classified as a long-term support (LTS) release, with updates scheduled to be released in […]

Coreboot release 4.18

The release of CoreBoot 4.18 has been published, within which a free alternative to proprietary firmware and BIOS is being developed. The project code is distributed under the GPLv2 license. Over 200 developers participated in creating the new version, preparing more than 1800 changes. Key updates include support for 23 motherboards, 19 of which are used in devices running Chrome OS or on Google servers. […]

The release of the lightweight antiX 22 distribution.

The release of the lightweight Live distribution AntiX 22 has occurred, built on the Debian package base and aimed at installation on outdated hardware. The release is based on the Debian 11 package base but is delivered without the system manager systemd and with eudev instead of udev. For initialization, runit or sysvinit can be used as options. The default user environment is formed using the IceWM window manager, […]

Update nginx 1.22.1 and 1.23.2 addressing vulnerabilities

The main branch release of nginx 1.23.2 has been formed, in which the development of new features continues, as well as the release of the parallel stable branch nginx 1.22.1, into which only changes related to fixing serious bugs and vulnerabilities are made. In the new versions, two vulnerabilities (CVE-2022-41741, CVE-2022-41742) in the ngx_http_mp4_module, used for streaming from H.264/AAC formatted files, have been fixed. […]

Vulnerability in the io_uring subsystem of the Linux kernel that allows privilege escalation in the system

A vulnerability (CVE-2022-2602) has been identified in the implementation of the asynchronous input/output interface io_uring, which has been included in the Linux kernel since release 5.1, allowing an unprivileged user to gain root rights in the system. The presence of the issue has been confirmed in the 5.4 branch and kernels starting from the 5.15 branch. The vulnerability is caused by accessing an already freed memory block (use-after-free) in the io_uring subsystem, which occurs as a result of a race condition […]

GitHub has implemented support for tokens to provide selective access.

GitHub has implemented support for a new type of access tokens that can selectively define the permissions of a specific developer or script, covering only the tasks necessary for completing the work. It is expected that selective access provision will help reduce the risk of attacks in the event of credential compromise. Tokens can be used in scripts to organize selective access to the GitHub API and when connecting through […]

Vulnerabilities in Git that occur when cloning submodules and using git shell.

Corrective releases for the distributed source code management system Git 2.38.1, 2.30.6, 2.31.5, 2.32.4, 2.33.5, 2.34.5, 2.35.5, 2.36.3, and 2.37.4 have been published, addressing two vulnerabilities that appear when using the 'git clone' command in the '--recurse-submodules' mode with unverified repositories and while utilizing the interactive mode of 'git shell'. You can track package update releases in distributions on the Debian pages, […]

Release of Stratis 3.3, a toolkit for managing local storage

The release of Stratis 3.3 has been published, developed by Red Hat and the Fedora community to unify and simplify the tools for configuring and managing a pool of one or more local storage drives. Stratis provides features such as dynamic storage allocation, snapshots, integrity assurance, and layer creation for caching. Stratis support is integrated into the Fedora and RHEL distributions starting from […]

The server-side JavaScript platform Node.js 19.0 is now available.

The release of Node.js 19.0 has taken place, a platform for executing network applications written in JavaScript. Node.js 19 is classified under the normal support branch, with updates being released until June 2023. The stabilization of the Node.js 18 branch, which will receive LTS status and be supported until April 2025, will be completed in the coming days. Support for the previous LTS branch Node.js 16.0 […]

Update of the antivirus boot disk Ubuntu RescuePack 22.10

The Ubuntu RescuePack 22.10 build is available for free download, allowing a full antivirus check without booting the main operating system to detect and remove various malware, computer viruses, trojans, rootkits, worms, spyware, and ransomware from the system, as well as to treat infected computers. The size of the bootable Live image is 3.5 GB (x86_64). Included are antivirus packages ESET NOD32 4, […]

Release of Firefox 106

The release of the web browser Firefox 106 has occurred. Additionally, an update for the long-term support branch — 102.4.0 has been formed. The Firefox 107 branch has entered beta testing, with a release scheduled for November 15. Key new features in Firefox 106 include a redesigned private browsing window to make it harder to confuse with the regular mode. The private browsing window now […]

Release of ErgoFramework 2.2 for creating network applications

The latest release of ErgoFramework 2.2 has been made, implementing the full network stack of Erlang and its OTP library in the Go language. The framework provides developers with a flexible toolset from the Erlang world to create distributed solutions in Go, utilizing ready-made general-purpose design patterns such as gen.Application, gen.Supervisor, and gen.Server, along with specialized ones like gen.Stage (distributed pub/sub) and gen.Saga (distributed transactions).

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