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The maintainer of libxml2 has abandoned special treatment for vulnerability fixes

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Nick Wellnhofer, who maintains the libxml2 library, announced that vulnerabilities will now be treated as regular bugs. Reports of vulnerabilities will not be prioritized and will be addressed as spare time permits. Information about the nature of the vulnerability will be made publicly available immediately, without waiting for a patch to be created or for fixes to be distributed in packages and operating systems. […]

WSL 2.6.0 Update, a Layer for Running Linux on Windows

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Microsoft has released an update for the WSL 2.6.0 (Windows Subsystem for Linux) toolkit, which allows running Linux applications on Windows. Version 2.6.0 is marked as the first release after opening the command-line utilities, background processes for Linux environments, and virtual machine services used in WSL under the MIT license. Previously, WSL components related to the Linux kernel were opened, and […]

Release of MODICIA 6.12.30, a Distribution for Multimedia Content Creators

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The formation of new builds of the MODICIA distribution, created in 1998, has been announced. The distribution is based on the Debian package base and offers a selection of applications for musicians, designers, and video creators. The user environment is built using the Cinnamon desktop environment. The project supports a catalog of applications that contains about 1000 packages. The size of the ISO image, capable of running in live mode, is 5.1 GB (x86_64). Among […]

Vulnerabilities in the libxml2 library potentially leading to code execution

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Five vulnerabilities have been identified in the Libxml2 library, developed by the GNOME project and used for parsing XML content, two of which could potentially lead to code execution when processing specially crafted external data. The Libxml2 library is widely used in open-source projects and, for example, is a dependency in over 800 packages in Ubuntu. The first vulnerability (CVE-2025-6170) […]

Update of the ClamAV antivirus package 1.4.3 and 1.0.9 with vulnerability fixes

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Cisco has released new versions of the free antivirus suite ClamAV 1.4.3 and 1.0.98, which fix vulnerabilities, one of which may allow an attacker to execute code when checking specially crafted content. CVE-2025-20260 is a flaw in the code that parses PDF files, leading to data being written beyond the allocated buffer. The issue manifests in configurations where the maximum size settings [...]

The ONLYOFFICE office suite 9.0 has been released.

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The release of ONLYOFFICE DocumentServer 9.0 is now available, featuring a server for ONLYOFFICE online editors and collaboration management. The editors can be used for working with text documents, spreadsheets, and presentations. The Nextcloud Hub platform can also be utilized for collaboration, providing full integration with ONLYOFFICE. Pre-built packages are available for Linux, Windows, and macOS. The project's code [...]

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 […]

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