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BIND DNS Server Updated to Fix Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

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Corrective updates have been published for the stable branches of the BIND DNS server 9.11.31 and 9.16.15, as well as the experimental branch 9.17.12, which is in development. The new releases address three vulnerabilities, one of which (CVE-2021-25216) causes a buffer overflow. On 32-bit systems, the vulnerability can be exploited to remotely execute an attacker's code by sending a specially crafted GSS-TSIG request. On 64 systems the problem is limited to a crash […]

A team from the University of Minnesota revealed details about the malicious changes submitted

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Following an open letter of apology, a group of researchers from the University of Minnesota, whose acceptance of changes to the Linux kernel was blocked by Greg Croah-Hartman, revealed detailed information about the patches sent to the kernel developers and the correspondence with the maintainers related to these patches. It is noteworthy that all of the problematic patches were rejected at the initiative of the maintainers; none of the patches were […]

openSUSE Leap 15.3 release candidate

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A release candidate for the openSUSE Leap 15.3 distribution has been proposed for testing, based on a basic set of packages for the SUSE Linux Enterprise distribution with some user applications from the openSUSE Tumbleweed repository. A universal DVD build of 4.3 GB (x86_64, aarch64, ppc64les, 390x) is available for download. openSUSE Leap 15.3 is scheduled for release on June 2, 2021. Unlike previous releases [...]

Calculate Linux 21 released

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The release of the Calculate Linux 21 distribution is available, developed by the Russian-speaking community, built on the basis of Gentoo Linux, supporting a continuous update release cycle and optimized for rapid deployment in a corporate environment. The new release features a build of Calculate Container Games with a container for launching games from Steam, packages rebuilt with the GCC 10.2 compiler and packed using Zstd compression, significantly accelerated […]

Release of the GCC 11 compiler suite

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After a year of development, the free GCC 11.1 compiler suite has been released, the first significant release in the new GCC 11.x branch. In accordance with the new release numbering scheme, version 11.0 was used in the development process, and shortly before the release of GCC 11.1, the GCC 12.0 branch had already branched off, on the basis of which the next major release, GCC 12.1, would be formed. GCC 11.1 is notable […]

Budgie Desktop Release 10.5.3

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The developers of the Linux distribution Solus presented the release of the Budgie 10.5.3 desktop, which incorporated the results of work over the past year. The Budgie desktop is based on GNOME technologies, but uses its own implementations of the GNOME Shell, panel, applets, and notification system. The project code is distributed under the GPLv2 license. In addition to the Solus distribution, the Budgie desktop also comes in the form of the official Ubuntu edition. […]

Pale Moon Browser 29.2 Release

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A release of the Pale Moon 29.2 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 […]

Release of Fedora 34 Linux distribution

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The release of the Linux distribution Fedora 34 has been presented. The products Fedora Workstation, Fedora Server, CoreOS, Fedora IoT Edition, as well as a set of “spins” with Live builds of desktop environments KDE Plasma 5, Xfce, i3, MATE, Cinnamon, LXDE have been prepared for download. and LXQt. Assemblies are generated for x86_64, Power64, ARM64 (AArch64) architectures and various devices with 32-bit ARM processors. The publication of Fedora Silverblue builds is delayed. Most […]

Interview with Jeremy Evans, lead developer of Sequel and Roda

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Published an interview with Jeremy Evans, lead developer of the Sequel database library, the Roda web framework, the Rodauth authentication framework, and many other libraries for the Ruby language. He also maintains ports of Ruby for OpenBSD, contributes to the CRuby and JRuby interpreters, and many popular libraries. Source: opennet.ru

Finit 4.0 initialization system available

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After about three years of development, the release of the initialization system Finit 4.0 (Fast init) was published, developed as a simple alternative to SysV init and systemd. The project is based on developments created by reverse engineering the fastinit initialization system used in the Linux firmware of EeePC netbooks and notable for its very fast boot process. The system is primarily aimed at ensuring the loading of compact and embedded […]

Injection of malicious code into Codecov script compromised HashiCorp's PGP key

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HashiCorp, known for developing the open source tools Vagrant, Packer, Nomad and Terraform, announced the leak of the private GPG key used to create digital signatures that verify releases. Attackers who gained access to the GPG key could potentially make hidden changes to HashiCorp products by verifying them with a correct digital signature. At the same time, the company stated that during an audit of traces of attempts to make such modifications […]

Release of vector editor Akira 0.0.14

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After eight months of development, Akira, a vector graphics editor optimized for creating user interface layouts, was released. The program is written in the Vala language using the GTK library and is distributed under the GPLv3 license. In the near future, assemblies will be prepared in the form of packages for elementary OS and in snap format. The interface is designed in accordance with the recommendations prepared by the elementary […]

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