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Release of Network Manager 1.42.0

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A stable release of the interface for simplifying network configuration settings is available — NetworkManager 1.42.0. Plugins for VPN support (Libreswan, OpenConnect, Openswan, SSTP, etc.) are developed within their own development cycles. The main innovations in NetworkManager 1.42 include: CLI interface nmcli now supports configuring the authentication method based on the IEEE 802.1X standard, widely used for securing corporate wireless networks and organization […]

Pre-release of Android 14

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Google has introduced the first beta version of the open mobile platform Android 14. The Android 14 release is expected in the third quarter of 2023. A beta testing program has been proposed for evaluating the platform's new capabilities. Firmware builds are prepared for Pixel 7/7 Pro, Pixel 6/6a/6 Pro, Pixel 5/5a 5G, and Pixel 4a (5G) devices. Key innovations in Android 14 include: Continued work on improving […]

Work on GTK5 will begin at the end of the year. The intention is to develop GTK in languages other than C.

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The developers of the GTK library plan to form an experimental branch 4.90 by the end of the year, which will focus on functionality for the future GTK5 release. Before starting work on GTK5, in addition to the spring release of GTK 4.10, a GTK 4.12 release is scheduled for autumn, which will include advancements related to color management. The GTK5 branch will include changes that break API compatibility, […]

Release of Electron 23.0.0, the application development platform based on the Chromium engine

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The release of Electron 23.0.0 has been prepared, providing a standalone framework for developing cross-platform user applications, utilizing components from Chromium, V8, and Node.js as its foundation. The significant version change is due to the update to the Chromium 110 codebase, Node.js 18.12.1 platform, and V8 11 JavaScript engine. Among the changes in this new release: Added support for the WebUSB API, allowing direct interaction with […]

A complete redesign of the interface is planned for the Thunderbird email client

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The developers of the Thunderbird email client have published a development plan for the next three years. During this time, the project aims to achieve three main objectives: A complete overhaul of the user interface to create a system suitable for different user categories (both beginners and experienced users), easily customizable to personal preferences, and a cohesive design system. Improving the reliability and compactness of the codebase, rewriting outdated code and […]

A vulnerability in ImageMagick leading to leakage of local file content

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A vulnerability CVE-2022-44268 has been discovered in ImageMagick, which is commonly used by web developers for image conversion, that may lead to the leakage of file content when processing PNG images prepared by an attacker through ImageMagick. This vulnerability threatens systems that process external images and then allow the upload of the conversion results. The vulnerability arises from ImageMagick using the content of the 'profile' parameter when processing PNG images […]

According to Cloudflare, the share of Firefox is 5.9%

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According to Cloudflare Radar, Firefox's share has risen to 5.9%, showing a growth of 0.1% over the last 7 days and 0.11% over the month. Chrome's share stands at 30.3%, Chrome Mobile at 26.7%, Mobile Safari at 11.1%, Chrome Mobile Webview at 6.1%, Edge at 4.7%, Facebook at 3.4%, and Safari at 3.4%. The growth of Firefox's presence contrasts with traditional […]

Build system failures due to changes in archive checksums on GitHub

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GitHub has altered the method for generating automatically created '.tar.gz' and '.tgz' archives on release pages, resulting in changes to their checksums and widespread failures in automated build systems that validate the integrity by verifying downloads from GitHub against previously saved checksums, such as those stored in package metadata or build scripts. Starting from the release […]

Release of OpenSSH 9.2 addressing a vulnerability that manifests before authentication

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The release of OpenSSH 9.2 has been announced, which is the open implementation of the client and server for SSH 2.0 and SFTP protocols. The new version fixes a vulnerability that could lead to double memory deallocation before passing authentication. Only OpenSSH 9.1 is affected by this vulnerability; earlier versions do not exhibit this problem. To trigger the vulnerability, it is sufficient to change the SSH client banner […]

Release of Wine 8.1

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An experimental release of the open implementation of the Win32 API — Wine 8.1 has taken place. Since the release of 8.0, 27 bug reports have been closed and 299 changes have been made. Note that starting with the 2.x branch, the Wine project switched to a version numbering scheme where each stable release increases the first digit in the version number (7.0.0, 8.0.0), while updates to […]

Release of Postgres Pro Enterprise 15.1.1

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Postgres Professional has announced the availability of the proprietary database management system Pro Enterprise 15.1.1, based on the PostgreSQL 15 codebase and including new features that are being integrated into the upcoming PostgreSQL branches, as well as a range of specific enhancements for high-load systems. The database supports multi-master replication, block-level data compression, incremental backups, an integrated connection pooler, optimized table partitioning, […]

Dependency of instruction execution time on data in ARM and Intel CPUs

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Eric Biggers, one of the developers of the Adiantum cipher and maintainer of the Linux fscrypt kernel subsystem, has proposed a set of patches to address security issues arising from a characteristic of Intel processors that does not guarantee consistent instruction execution times for different data being processed. This issue affects Intel processors starting from the Ice Lake family. A similar problem is observed in ARM processors. […]

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