A release of the Pale Moon 29.4 web browser is available, which forks from the Firefox code base to provide higher performance, preserve the classic interface, minimize memory consumption and provide additional customization options. Pale Moon builds are created for Windows and Linux (x86 and x86_64). The project code is distributed under the MPLv2 (Mozilla Public License). The project adheres to the classic interface organization, without […]
Four vulnerabilities have been identified in components of the Realtek SDK, which is used by various wireless device manufacturers in their firmware, that could allow an unauthenticated attacker to remotely execute code on a device with elevated privileges. According to preliminary estimates, the problems affect at least 200 device models from 65 different vendors, including various models of wireless routers from Asus, A-Link, Beeline, Belkin, Buffalo, D-Link, Edison, Huawei, LG, […]
After two months of development, the distributed source control system Git 2.33 has been released. Git is one of the most popular, reliable, and high-performance version control systems that provides flexible non-linear development tools based on branching and merging branches. To ensure the integrity of the history and resistance to changes "backdating", implicit hashing of the entire previous history in each commit is used, […]
Corrective releases of the Tor toolkit (0.3.5.16, 0.4.5.10 and 0.4.6.7), used to organize the operation of the Tor anonymous network, are presented. The new versions address a security issue (CVE-2021-38385) that can be used to remotely initiate a denial of service. The problem causes the process to terminate due to an assert check being triggered in the event of a discrepancy in the behavior of the code for checking digital signatures separately and […]
A maintenance release of Firefox 91.0.1 is available, which offers several fixes: Fixed a vulnerability (CVE-2021-29991) that allows an HTTP header splitting attack. The issue is caused by incorrect acceptance of the newline character in HTTP/3 headers, which allows you to specify a header that will be interpreted as two different headers. Fixed an issue with resizing buttons in the tab bar that occurred when loading some sites, […]
The release of the programming language Go 1.17 is presented, which is being developed by Google with the participation of the community as a hybrid solution that combines the high performance of compiled languages with such advantages of scripting languages as ease of writing code, speed of development, and error protection. The project code is distributed under the BSD license. The syntax of Go is based on the familiar elements of the C language with some borrowings from […]
A vulnerability (CVE-2021-38604) has been identified in Glibc, which makes it possible to initiate the crash of processes in the system by sending a specially designed message via the POSIX message queues API. The problem has not yet appeared in distributions, since it is present only in release 2.34, published two weeks ago. The problem is caused by incorrect handling of NOTIFY_REMOVED data in the mq_notify.c code, leading to NULL pointer dereference and […]
Patrick Volkerding announced the start of testing of the Slackware 15.0 release candidate, which marked the freezing of most packages before release and the focus of developers on fixing bugs blocking the release. An installation image of 3.1 GB (x86_64) has been prepared for download, as well as a shortened assembly for launching in Live mode. Slackware has been in development since 1993 and is the oldest […]
The Pine64 community, dedicated to creating open devices, presented the PineNote e-reader, equipped with a 10.3-inch screen based on electronic ink. The device is built on the Rockchip RK3566 SoC with a quad-core ARM Cortex-A55 processor, RK NN (0.8Tops) AI accelerator and Mali G52 2EE GPU (OpenGL ES 3.2, Vulkan 1.1, OpenCL 2.0), which makes the device one of the most high-performance in its class. class. […]
The Apache Software Foundation has announced the release of Apache OpenMeetings 6.1, a web conferencing server that enables audio and video conferencing via the Web, as well as collaboration and messaging between participants. Both webinars with one speaker and conferences with an arbitrary number of participants simultaneously interacting with each other are supported. The project code is written in Java and distributed under […]
After eight months of development, the console file manager Midnight Commander 4.8.27 has been released, distributed in source code under the GPLv3+ license. List of main changes: The option to follow symbolic links (“Follow symlinks”) has been added to the file search dialog (“Find File”). The minimum versions of components required for building have been increased: Autoconf 2.64, Automake 1.12, Gettext 0.18.2 and libssh2 1.2.8. The time has been significantly reduced [...]
A release of the Debian Edu 11 distribution, also known as Skolelinux, has been prepared for use in educational institutions. The distribution contains a set of tools integrated into one installation image for quickly deploying both servers and workstations in schools, while supporting stationary workstations in computer classes and portable systems. Assemblies of size 438 […]
