Author: Yuri Gagarin

Chrome update 100.0.4896.127 addresses a 0-day vulnerability

Google has rolled out Chrome version 100.0.4896.127 for Windows, Mac, and Linux, which addresses a serious vulnerability (CVE-2022-1364) that is already being exploited by attackers (0-day). Details have not been disclosed yet; it is only known that the 0-day vulnerability is caused by improper type handling (Type Confusion) in the Blink JavaScript engine, allowing an object of an incorrect type to be processed, which, for instance, enables the crafting of a 64-bit pointer […]

Qt support is being developed for Chromium.

Thomas Anderson from Google has released a preliminary set of patches implementing the capability to use Qt for rendering browser interface elements in Chromium on the Linux platform. The changes are still marked as not ready for deployment and are in the early stages of review. Previously, Chromium on Linux supported the GTK library, which is used for displaying […]

The CENO 1.4.0 web browser is now available, designed for bypassing censorship.

eQualite has released version 1.4.0 of its mobile web browser CENO, designed to facilitate access to information in conditions of censorship, traffic filtering, or internet segments being disconnected from the global network. It is based on Firefox for Android (Mozilla Fennec). The functionality related to building a decentralized network has been separated into its own library, Ouinet, which can be used to add censorship circumvention tools […]

Plans for the next generation of the SUSE Linux distribution

Developers from SUSE have shared their initial plans for the future significant branch of the SUSE Linux Enterprise distribution, which is presented under the code name ALP (Adaptable Linux Platform). This new branch is set to offer some radical changes, both in the distribution itself and in its development methods. In particular, SUSE intends to move away from the traditional preparation model of SUSE Linux.

The trademark conflict related to PostgreSQL remains unresolved.

The PGCAC (PostgreSQL Community Association of Canada), representing the interests of the PostgreSQL community and acting on behalf of the PostgreSQL Core Team, has urged the Fundación PostgreSQL to fulfill its previously made promises and transfer rights to the registered trademarks and domain names related to PostgreSQL. It is noted that on September 14, 2021, the day after the public disclosure of the conflict caused by the...

Release of Git 2.35.2 with Security Fixes

Corrective releases of the distributed version control system Git 2.35.2, 2.30.3, 2.31.2, 2.32.1, 2.33.2, and 2.34.2 have been published, addressing two vulnerabilities: CVE-2022-24765 — a potential attack was identified on multi-user systems with shared directories, allowing the execution of commands defined by another user. An attacker may create a ".git" directory in locations overlapping with others (for example, in shared […]

Corrective releases of Ruby 3.1.2, 3.0.4, 2.7.6, 2.6.10 addressing vulnerabilities

The corrective releases of the Ruby programming language 3.1.2, 3.0.4, 2.7.6, 2.6.10 have been formed, fixing two vulnerabilities: CVE-2022-28738 — a double free in the regular expression compilation code, occurring when a specially crafted string is passed while creating a Regexp object. The vulnerability can be exploited when untrusted external data is used in a Regexp object. CVE-2022-28739 — a buffer overflow in the conversion code […]

Firefox 99.0.1 Update

A corrective release of Firefox 99.0.1 is available, fixing several errors: The issue of dragging items from the Download panel has been resolved (regardless of which item was being dragged, only the first one was always selected for dragging). Issues with Zoom that occurred when using a link to zoom.us without specifying a subdomain have been addressed. A Windows-specific error has been fixed, causing […]

Release of Qt Framework 6.3

Qt Company has released the Qt 6.3 framework, continuing efforts to stabilize and enhance the functionality of the Qt 6 branch. Qt 6.3 supports platforms including Windows 10, macOS 10.14+, Linux (Ubuntu 20.04, CentOS 8.2, openSUSE 15.3, SUSE 15 SP2), iOS 13+, Android 6+ (API 23+), webOS, INTEGRITY, and QNX. The source code of Qt components is provided […]

Pharo 10 Release, Smalltalk Language Dialect

The Pharo 10 project release has been provided, developing a dialect of the Smalltalk programming language. Pharo is a fork of the Squeak project, which was developed with the participation of Alan Kay, the author of Smalltalk. In addition to the implementation of the programming language, Pharo also provides a virtual machine for executing code, an integrated development environment, a debugger, and a set of libraries, including libraries for developing graphical interfaces. The project's code is distributed under the […]

Release of the LXD 5.0 container management system

Canonical has released container manager LXD 5.0 and virtual filesystem LXCFS 5.0. The LXD code is written in Go and is distributed under the Apache 2.0 license. The 5.0 branch is classified as a long-term support release with updates scheduled until June 2027. The LXC toolkit is used as a runtime for running both containers, which includes […]

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