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Vulnerability in the ruby-saml library leading to authentication bypass in GitLab.

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Correction updates for the collaborative development platform GitLab — versions 17.9.2, 17.8.5, and 17.7.7 — have been released, addressing a vulnerability (CVE-2025-25291, CVE-2025-25292) that allows SAML (Security Assertion Markup Language) authentication bypass. The vulnerability exists in the Ruby library ruby-saml, which implements SAML authorization functions. Besides GitLab, the vulnerability also affects other projects using this library. The issue has been fixed in ruby-saml updates 1.18.0 […]

ALSA Scarlett Control Panel 0.5.0

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A new version of the control panel for Focusrite audio interfaces from the Scarlett, Clarett/Clarett+, and Vocaster series has been released. ALSA Scarlett Control Panel offers a convenient interface for managing signal routing and volume in the interface channels, as well as for additional settings like firmware updates and enabling mass storage device mode for some models. Focusrite provides the developer with the necessary technical information and […]

Native RPCS3 port on Android

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The first alpha version of the native RPCS3 port, a PlayStation 3 emulator, on Android has been released. It is being developed by one of the founders of the RPCS3 project (as well as RPCSX – a PS4 emulator), who has been working on it for many years, DH. An official native RPCS3 port for ArmLinux (Raspberry Pi, PineBook, Ubuntu Touch, Orange Pi, and other Linux devices with Arm) was previously released. Source: linux.org.ru

Vulnerability in FreeType allows code execution when processing fonts

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A vulnerability (CVE-2025-27363) has been identified in the FreeType font rendering library, which could potentially lead to code execution when processing specially crafted files with variable fonts or TrueType GX fonts. The issue only manifests in FreeType releases up to and including version 2.13.0 and is fixed in version 2.13.1 (June 2023). It is believed that the vulnerability has been exploited in the past for […]

In Ubuntu 25.10, it has been decided to replace GNU Coreutils with uutils written in Rust

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Jon Seager, Vice President of Engineering at Canonical and technical leader of the Ubuntu project, introduced an initiative to replace system utilities in Ubuntu with equivalents written in Rust. The first goal of the initiative is to transition Ubuntu 25.10 to using the uutils toolkit by default instead of the GNU Coreutils. If the experiment is deemed successful, uutils will also be […]

The United Nations has proposed Open Source principles

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The Open Source Initiative (OSI), which verifies licenses for compliance with Open Source criteria, has officially approved the Open Source principles proposed by the United Nations (UN) to stimulate collaboration and the widespread implementation of open source code within UN departments and beyond. These principles were developed by the Open Source United community, organized by the UN Executive Council as part of the 'Digital Technology Network' program, and […]

The March update for Windows 11 24H2 has led to widespread crashes and 'Blue Screen of Death' errors.

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Another patch for Windows 11 24H2 has proven to be extremely unstable and rife with issues. Users are reporting freezes during installation, BSoD ('Blue Screen of Death'), and inability to boot the system. Fixes have not yet been released. Just a couple of days ago, Microsoft issued update KB5053598 for Windows 11 24H2, which includes several important security fixes. This is a mandatory update that installs […]

Intel shuts down the x86S initiative.

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In mid-2023, Intel announced the x86S initiative — a simplification of x86. The initiative involved the complete removal of real mode, the elimination of 16-bit instructions from protected/long mode, and the partial removal of 32-bit instructions (for user mode, 32-bit instructions were retained — only system ones were removed). Additionally, the VTx mechanism — virtualization extensions, which were previously intended to be preserved […]

Ubuntu Touch OTA-8 Focal

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The release of Ubuntu Touch OTA-8 (Focal) has been announced. This update is part of the 20.04 series; however, the developers are focusing on transitioning the system to another branch of Ubuntu, which means the list of changes is small. Key new features include support for VoLTE (Voice over LTE) on Volla Phone X23 and Volla Phone 22 (through the Halium layer); the ability to remove the avatar of an added contact; support has been added for […]

Clifm 1.24

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On March 2, after more than a month of development, version 1.24 (named after Herman Toothrot from the Monkey Island game series) of the Clifm console file manager was released. Clifm is a file manager with a text interface designed with command line interface principles in mind, as opposed to TUI design, such as the excellent Midnight Commander and Ranger. The program is written in C […]

The multimedia framework GStreamer 1.26.0 is available

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After a year of development, the release of GStreamer 1.26 has been presented, a cross-platform set of components for creating a wide range of multimedia applications, from media players and audio/video file converters to VoIP applications and streaming systems. The GStreamer code is distributed under the LGPLv2.1 license. Updates for the plugins gst-plugins-base, gst-plugins-good, gst-plugins-bad, gst-plugins-ugly, as well as the gst-libav wrapper and the streaming server gst-rtsp-server are developed separately. At the API level and […]

Mozilla opposes the ban on traffic payments to the Google search engine

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Mozilla has published an objection to the recommendations made by the U.S. Department of Justice in the antitrust case in which Google was recognized as a monopoly in the search engine market. The recommendation mentions a ban on all payments to browser developers for directing traffic to the search engine. According to Mozilla, if the court approves this proposal, it will deal a blow to independent browsers that exist thanks to […]

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