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Vulnerabilities in PAM and libblockdev that allow for root access in the system

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Qualys has identified a vulnerability (CVE-2025-6019) in the libblockdev library, allowing root access to the system through manipulation of the udisks background process. A prototype exploit has been demonstrated on Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora, and openSUSE Leap 15. The udisks process is used in nearly all Linux distributions and provides a D-Bus interface for performing storage operations, such as mounting and formatting. For [...]

X.Org Server 21.1.18 update addressing 6 vulnerabilities

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Corrective releases X.Org Server 21.1.17 and the device-dependent X component xwayland 24.1.7 have been published, enabling the launch of the X.Org Server to run X11 applications in Wayland-based environments. The new version of X.Org Server addresses 6 vulnerabilities. These issues may potentially be exploited for privilege escalation in systems where the X server is running with root privileges, as well as for remote execution [...]

Arch Linux has switched to 64-bit Wine builds (WoW64).

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The developers of the Arch Linux distribution have announced the default build of Wine and Wine-Staging in Wow64 mode (64-bit Windows-on-Windows), enabling the execution of 32-bit Windows applications on 64-bit Unix systems. The supply of 64-bit Wine builds has made it unnecessary to use the multilib repository with 32-bit library versions for the wine and wine-staging packages. The reason for this change is cited as synchronization with the modifications in the main Wine project related to […]

Release of version 2.50 of the Git source control system.

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The release of the distributed version control system Git 2.50 has been published. Git is known for its high performance and provides tools for non-linear development, based on branch branching and merging. To ensure the integrity of history and resilience to 'backdating' changes, implicit hashing of the entire previous history in each commit is utilized, as well as the authentication of individual tags and commits by developers using digital signatures. The Git code […]

The secure distribution of Securonis Linux 3.0 has been released.

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The release of the Securonis Linux 3.0 distribution has taken place, focusing on privacy preservation and enhanced security. The distribution is based on the Debian 'Testing' package base, is preconfigured to route all traffic exclusively through the Tor network (I2P is optionally supported), and includes a collection of settings and component changes aimed at increasing security. MATE is offered as the desktop environment. The distribution can be installed for everyday use or […]

Release of the Kali Linux distribution for security researchers 2025.2

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The release of Kali Linux 2025.2 has been presented, based on the Debian package base and designed for testing systems for vulnerabilities, conducting security audits, analyzing residual information, and identifying the aftermath of attacks. All original developments created for the distribution are distributed under the GPL license and are available through a public Git repository. ISO images sized 646 MB and 4.2 GB have been prepared for download. Builds […]

Danish public institutions are moving away from Microsoft products in favor of open-source software.

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Caroline Stage, the Minister of Digitalization in the Danish government, confirmed the agreement between the government and regional authorities on the digital sovereignty strategy. In the first phase of implementing this new strategy, the Danish Ministry of Digitalization will cease the use of Microsoft products in favor of open-source software. LibreOffice will be used as the office suite, with half of the staff transitioning to LibreOffice within the next […]

Support for the Wayland xdg-pip protocol has been added to KDE.

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Nate Graham, a developer working on quality control in the KDE project, has published another development report for KDE. The most notable changes being developed for the release of KDE Plasma 6.5 include the addition of support for the experimental Wayland protocol xdg-pip (picture-in-picture), which allows for the correct display of always-visible floating windows containing multimedia content, such as the 'picture-in-picture' window in Firefox. The code for supporting the xdg-pip protocol […]

Release of Wine 10.10 and DXVK 2.6.2

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An experimental release of the open implementation of the Win32 API — Wine 10.10 — has been published. Since the release of 10.9, 38 bug reports have been closed and 234 changes have been made. The most significant changes include the update of the Wine Mono engine to version 10.1.0. Wine Mono is a distribution of the Mono Framework designed for use in Wine instead of the proprietary .NET Framework component. The dependency on the […]

Development of the jemalloc memory management library has been discontinued

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The author of the jemalloc memory management library has announced the end of the project's development and moved the GitHub repository to an archived mode, allowing read-only access. The jemalloc library offered an alternative implementation of malloc functions, optimized to reduce fragmentation and work on multiprocessor systems. In 2005, the library was included in FreeBSD, and in 2007 it was utilized in Firefox. In 2009 […]

Release of Wayland-Protocols 1.45

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The release of the wayland-protocols package 1.45 has been published, which contains a set of protocols and extensions that complement the basic Wayland protocol and provide the necessary capabilities for building composite servers and user environments. The Wayland-Protocols 1.45 includes 4 new protocols (two in the 'staging' category and two experimental): ext-background-effect — applies effects to the translucent parts of the Wayland surface, such as background blur. pointer-warp — allows […]

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