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Vulnerabilities in Git allow file overwrites or arbitrary code execution

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Corrective releases of the distributed version control system Git 2.40.1, 2.39.3, 2.38.5, 2.37.7, 2.36.6, 2.35.8, 2.34.8, 2.33.8, 2.32.7, 2.31.8, and 2.30.9 have been published, addressing five vulnerabilities. You can track the package updates for distributions on the pages of Debian, Ubuntu, RHEL, SUSE/openSUSE, Fedora, Arch, FreeBSD. As a workaround for protecting against vulnerabilities, it is recommended to avoid executing the command […]

67% of public Apache Superset servers use a sample configuration access key

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Researchers from Horizon3 have pointed out security issues in most installations of the Apache Superset data analysis and visualization platform. Out of 3,176 studied public servers running Apache Superset, 2,124 were found to be using a generic encryption key that is set by default in the sample configuration file. This key is utilized in the Flask Python library to generate session cookies, allowing someone with knowledge of […]

Release of Qbs 2.0 build tool

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The Qbs 2.0 build tool release has been presented. Building Qbs requires Qt among its dependencies, although Qbs itself is designed for organizing the build of any projects. Qbs uses a simplified version of the QML language to define project build scripts, allowing for the definition of quite flexible build rules that can include external modules, use JavaScript functions, and create arbitrary rules […]

Firefox 112.0.2 update addressing a memory leak

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A corrective release of Firefox 112.0.2 is available, which fixes three issues: A bug causing excessive memory consumption when displaying animated images in minimized windows (or in windows covered by other windows) has been fixed. Among other things, the problem also manifests when using animated themes. The leak intensity with YouTube open is approximately 13 MB per second. The problem with […]

The Opera One web browser has been introduced, replacing the current Opera browser

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Testing has begun for the new web browser Opera One, which will replace the current Opera browser after stabilization. Opera One continues to use the Chromium engine and features a completely redesigned modular architecture, multi-threaded rendering organization, and new tab grouping capabilities. Builds of Opera One are prepared for Linux (deb, rpm, snap), Windows, and MacOS. The transition to a multi-threaded rendering engine has significantly […]

Red Hat begins job cuts

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The Director of Red Hat announced in an internal corporate newsletter about the upcoming layoffs of hundreds of employees. Currently, there are 2,200 employees in the Red Hat headquarters and another 19,000 working in branches around the world. The exact number of positions being cut has not been specified, only that layoffs will occur in several stages and will not affect […]

Release of CRIU 3.18, a system for saving and restoring the state of processes in Linux.

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The release of CRIU 3.18 (Checkpoint and Restore In Userspace) has been published, aimed at saving and restoring processes in user space. The toolkit allows saving the state of one or a group of processes and then resuming operations from the saved position, including after a system reboot or on another server without breaking already established network connections. The project's code is distributed under the […]

Release of Linux Kernel 6.3

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After two months of development, Linus Torvalds has released the Linux kernel 6.3. Among the most notable changes: cleanup of outdated ARM platforms and graphics drivers, continued integration of Rust language support, a hwnoise utility, support for red-black tree structures in BPF, BIG TCP mode for IPv4, a built-in Dhrystone performance test, the ability to disable execution in memfd, and support for creating HID drivers using BPF in Btrfs […]

In PyPI, the ability to publish packages without linking to passwords and API tokens has been implemented.

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The Python Package Index (PyPI) repository has introduced a new secure method for publishing packages, which allows for the avoidance of storing fixed passwords and access tokens for APIs in external systems (for example, in GitHub Actions). This new authentication method is called ‘Trusted Publishers’ and aims to address the issue of malicious updates being published due to the compromise of external systems and […]

Release of the Manjaro Linux 22.1 distribution

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The release of Manjaro Linux 22.1 has taken place, which is based on Arch Linux and targeted at novice users. This distribution is noteworthy for its simplified and user-friendly installation process, support for automatic hardware detection, and installation of the necessary drivers for operation. Manjaro is delivered as live builds with graphical environments KDE (3.9 GB), GNOME (3.8 GB), and Xfce (3.8 GB). During […]

The ability to boot Windows from a Btrfs partition has been demonstrated.

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Enthusiasts have demonstrated the possibility of booting Windows 10 from a Btrfs filesystem partition. Support for Btrfs was enabled through the open-source WinBtrfs driver, which has proven capable enough to fully replace NTFS. An open-source bootloader called Quibble was used to boot Windows directly from the Btrfs partition. In practice, using Btrfs for Windows is relevant for saving disk space in dual-boot systems, […]

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