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29 vulnerabilities have been identified in the GStreamer multimedia framework.

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In the multimedia framework GStreamer, used in GNOME, 29 vulnerabilities have been identified. Eight vulnerabilities lead to out-of-bounds data writes, and one (CVE-2024-47540) leads to a function pointer overwrite. These vulnerabilities could potentially be exploited by attackers to execute code while processing improperly formatted multimedia data in MKV, MP4, Ogg, Vorbis, and Opus formats, as well as subtitles in […]

Release of mobile platform /e/OS 2.6

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The release of the mobile platform /e/OS 2.6 has been published, focusing on user data privacy. The platform is developed by GaĆ«l Duval, the creator of the Mandrake Linux distribution. The project supports 180 smartphone models and creates firmware builds for the most popular ones. Custom editions of devices based on OnePlus, Fairphone, Teracube, and Pixel are distributed with pre-installed /e/OS firmware under the Murena brand […]

Release of Angie 1.8.0, a fork of Nginx

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The high-performance HTTP server and multi-protocol proxy server Angie 1.8.0 has been introduced, branching from Nginx by a group of former developers who left F5 Network. The source code of Angie is available under the BSD license. The project has received compatibility certificates with Russian operating systems Red OS, Astra Linux Special Edition, Rosa Chrome Server, Alt, and the FSTEC versions of Alt. The development is supported by the company 'Web Server', established […]

The Overture Maps project has published an open map of road networks

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The non-profit project Overture Maps, operating under the auspices of the Linux Foundation, has released the 'Transportation' map database, noted as the first suitable for widespread use. The database includes information on 86 million kilometers of roads worldwide and is already used in applications by Microsoft, Meta, and TomTom. The complete archive of the database in GeoParquet format is about 500 GB, and […]

ScyllaDB transitions to a non-free license

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The developers of the NoSQL database ScyllaDB have decided to stop publishing code under the AGPL and will switch to a non-free open-source license (BSL) starting with a new release in 2025. It is worth noting that ScyllaDB is a clone of the Cassandra database, rewritten in C++ (the original is in Java) and offers significantly higher performance. Currently, ScyllaDB has two licensing options: fully open […]

Release of the NetBSD 10.1 operating system

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The release of the NetBSD 10.1 operating system is available, supporting 58 system architectures and 16 CPU families. In addition to portability and support for numerous hardware platforms, the NetBSD operating system offers features such as the NVMM hypervisor, NPF firewall, pkgin package manager, pkgsrc package repository, veriexec integrity checking mechanism, and W^X mode (memory pages cannot be simultaneously writable […]

BoN has been published, a method for bypassing filters of large language models

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A new attack method has been identified that can bypass the countermeasures against the generation of harmful content employed in AI services based on large language models. The method, codenamed BoN (Best-of-N), managed to bypass the model restrictions of GPT-4o in 89% of cases, Claude 3.5 Sonnet in 78%, and Gemini Pro in 50% during tests on 10,000 queries. The toolkit for […]

another.im 1.0.1

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As usual, a new version of the actively developed XMPP client fork Conversationsā€”another.imā€”was quietly released. Changes from the previous version: At the request of upstream, we changed the name from Conversations Classic to another.im to avoid confusion. OTR chats have been implemented as secret chats. The ability to create an account on our server another.im through the app (and more). Bug fixes and interface improvements. […]

Release of the Kali Linux 2024.4 distribution for security research

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The release of Kali Linux 2024.4 has been announced, based on the Debian package base and designed for testing systems for vulnerabilities, conducting security audits, analyzing residual information, and assessing the consequences of attacks. All original developments created for the distribution are licensed under GPL and available through a public Git repository. ISO images sized 600 MB and 4.1 GB are prepared for download. Builds […]

Release of Alt Workstation 10.4

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An update is available for the "Alt Workstation" operating system 10.4. The build has been prepared for x86_64, AArch64, i586 and "Elbrus" 10. Download the image: download.basealt.ru ftp.altlinux.org New features and updates: The package base, drivers, and utilities for printers and scanners have been updated. LibreOffice 24.2, Scribus 1.6, CUPS 2.4, and the email client Thunderbird 115.16 are used for document work. Web browsers have been updated: Firefox 115.16, Chromium-Gost 125, […]

Release of the free payment system GNU Taler 0.14

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The GNU project has introduced the free electronic payment system GNU Taler 0.14. The components of GNU Taler allow for the organization of a bank, exchange point, marketplace, wallet, and auditor. The system enables the identification of sellers for tax reporting while ensuring anonymity for buyers. The NGI TALER project is working on creating a product based on GNU Taler that is ready for use […]

Fedora Asahi Remix 41 Released, a distribution for Apple ARM chips

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Fedora Asahi Remix 41 has been presented, designed for installation on Mac computers equipped with ARM chips developed by Apple. Fedora Asahi Remix 41 is based on the Fedora Linux 41 package base and equipped with the Calamares installer. Initially, the Asahi Linux distribution was developed based on Arch Linux, but in 2023 it was ported to the Fedora package base, allowing for a focus on […]

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