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Vulnerability in xterm leading to code execution through specific strings processing

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A vulnerability (CVE-2022-45063) has been identified in the xterm terminal emulator, allowing for the execution of shell commands when processing certain escape sequences in the terminal. In a simple attack, it is sufficient to display the contents of a specially formatted file on the screen, for example, using the cat utility, or to paste a line from the clipboard. printf "\e]50;i\$(touch /tmp/hack-like-its-1999)\a\e]50;?\a" > cve-2022-45063 cat cve-2022-45063 The issue was caused by an error in handling the escape sequence with […]

Wa-tunnel has been released for tunneling traffic through the WhatsApp messenger

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The Wa-tunnel toolkit has been released, enabling TCP traffic to be tunneled through another host using a tunnel that works over the WhatsApp messenger. Such manipulations may be useful for gaining access to external networks from environments where only the messenger is available, or for saving data when connecting to networks or providers offering unlimited options for messenger traffic (for example, unlimited access to WhatsApp […]

Release of Wine 7.21 and GE-Proton7-41

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An experimental release of the open-source implementation of WinAPI — Wine 7.21 — has occurred. Since the release of version 7.20, 25 bug reports have been closed and 354 changes have been made. The most important changes include: The OpenGL library has been transitioned to use the PE (Portable Executable) file format instead of ELF. Support for multi-architecture builds in PE format has been added. Preparations have been made for supporting the running of 32-bit programs that use […]

A vulnerability in Android allows bypassing of the screen lock.

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A vulnerability (CVE-2022-20465) has been identified in the Android platform, allowing the screen lock to be disabled by rearranging the SIM card and entering the PUK code. The ability to disable the lock has been demonstrated on Google Pixel devices, but since the fix affects the core codebase of Android, it is likely that the issue also pertains to firmware from other manufacturers. The problem has been addressed in the November security patch set for Android. Those who noticed […]

The AlmaLinux 8.7 distribution is now available, continuing the development of CentOS 8.

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The release of AlmaLinux 8.7 has been formed, synchronized with the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.7 distribution, and contains all the changes proposed in this release. The builds are prepared for x86_64, ARM64, s390x, and ppc64le architectures in the form of a bootable (820 MB), minimal (1.7 GB), and full image (11 GB). Later, Live builds and images for Raspberry Pi, WSL, […] will also be created.

The release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.7 distribution

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Red Hat has released Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.7. Installation builds are prepared for x86_64, s390x (IBM System z), ppc64le, and Aarch64 architectures, but are available for download only to registered users of the Red Hat Customer Portal. The source code for the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 rpm packages is distributed through the CentOS Git repository. The 8.x branch is maintained alongside the RHEL 9.x branch and […]

Release of DXVK 2.0, providing Direct3D 9/10/11 implementation over the Vulkan API

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The release of DXVK 2.0 is now available, providing an implementation of DXGI (DirectX Graphics Infrastructure) and Direct3D 9, 10, and 11, operating through call translation to the Vulkan API. To use DXVK, drivers supporting Vulkan API 1.3 are required, such as Mesa RADV 22.0, NVIDIA 510.47.03, Intel ANV 22.0, and AMDVLK. DXVK can be used to run 3D applications and games in […]

Microsoft has released the open platform .NET 7

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Microsoft has introduced a significant release of the open platform .NET 7, developed through the unification of .NET Framework, .NET Core, and Mono products. .NET 7 allows for the creation of cross-platform applications for the browser, cloud systems, desktop, IoT devices, and mobile platforms, using unified libraries and a common build process independent of the application type. .NET SDK 7 and .NET Runtime […]

The source texts of the RADIOSS engineering package have been published.

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Altair has opened the source texts of the RADIOSS package as part of the OpenRADIOSS project. RADIOSS is an equivalent of LS-DYNA and is designed to solve problems in continuum mechanics, such as the strength calculations of engineering structures in highly nonlinear tasks related to large plastic deformations of the studied medium. The code is mainly written in Fortran and is released under the AGPLv3 license. It supports operation in Linux […]

Release of the Clonezilla Live 3.0.2 distribution.

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The release of the Linux distribution Clonezilla Live 3.0.2 has been presented, designed for quick disk cloning (only used blocks are copied). The tasks performed by the distribution are similar to the proprietary product Norton Ghost. The size of the distribution's iso image is 363 MB (i686, amd64). The distribution is based on Debian GNU/Linux and utilizes code from projects such as DRBL, Partition Image, ntfsclone, partclone, and udpcast. Booting from […]

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