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Two years after the last release, the alternative build of the Linux Mint distributionāLinux Mint Debian Edition 5āhas been released, based on the Debian package base (the classic Linux Mint is based on the Ubuntu package base). Besides using the Debian package base, a significant difference of LMDE from Linux Mint is the continuous update cycle of the package base (the rolling update model: partial […]
Google has unveiled the second beta version of the open mobile platform Android 13. The release of Android 13 is expected in the third quarter of 2022. A preview testing program has been offered to assess the new capabilities of the platform. Firmware builds have been prepared for the Pixel 6/6 Pro, Pixel 5/5a 5G, Pixel 4/4 XL/4a/4a (5G) devices. For those who installed the first beta release […]
The release of the rclone utility 1.58 has been published. This utility is an alternative to rsync, designed for copying and synchronizing data between a local system and various cloud storage services such as Google Drive, Amazon Drive, S3, Dropbox, Backblaze B2, One Drive, Swift, Hubic, Cloudfiles, Google Cloud Storage, Mail.ru Cloud, and Yandex.Disk. The project's code is written in Go and is distributed under the license […]
Correction updates have been released for the stable branches of the BIND DNS server 9.11.37, 9.16.27, and 9.18.1, addressing four vulnerabilities: CVE-2021-25220 ā the possibility of injecting incorrect NS records into the DNS serverās cache (cache poisoning), which may lead to the use of incorrect DNS servers providing false information. The issue manifests in resolvers operating in the 'forward first' (default) or 'forward only' modes under compromised conditions […]
The Asahi project, aimed at porting Linux to work on Mac computers equipped with Apple's ARM M1 chip (Apple Silicon), has released its first alpha version of the reference distribution, allowing anyone interested to see the current level of development of the project. The distribution supports installation on devices with M1, M1 Pro, and M1 Max. It is noted that the builds are not yet ready for widespread use by regular users, but […]
Miguel Ojeda, the author of the Rust-for-Linux project, has proposed for consideration by Linux kernel developers the v5 release of components for developing device drivers in Rust. This is the sixth edition of the patches, taking into account the first variant released without a version number. Rust support is considered experimental but is already included in the linux-next branch and sufficiently developed to begin work on creating layers […]
The release of the Pale Moon web browser 30.0 has been published, branching off from the Firefox codebase to provide higher performance, maintain a classic interface, minimize memory consumption, and offer additional customization options. Pale Moon builds are created for Windows and Linux (x86 and x86_64). The projectās code is distributed under the MPLv2 (Mozilla Public License). The project adheres to a classic interface organization, without […]
Mozilla has begun utilizing a new method for identifying browser installations. In the builds distributed from the official website, provided as exe files for the Windows platform, dltoken identifiers, unique to each download, are inserted. Consequently, performing multiple downloads of the installation archive for the same platform results in files with different checksums, as the identifiers are added directly […]
Corrective releases of OpenVPN 2.5.6 and 2.4.12 have been prepared, packages for creating virtual private networks that allow establishing an encrypted connection between two client machines or providing a centralized VPN server for simultaneous client connections. The OpenVPN code is distributed under the GPLv2 license, ready-made binary packages are created for Debian, Ubuntu, CentOS, RHEL, and Windows. The new versions eliminate a vulnerability that potentially allows […]
A vulnerability (CVE-2022-0742) has been discovered in the Linux kernel, which allows exhausting available memory and remotely triggering a denial of service by sending specially crafted icmp6 packets. The issue is related to memory leakage occurring while processing ICMPv6 messages with types 130 or 131. The problem appears from kernel version 5.13 and has been fixed in releases 5.16.13 and 5.15.27. The issue did not affect stable branches of Debian, SUSE, […]
Corrective releases of the OpenSSL cryptographic library 3.0.2 and 1.1.1n are now available. The update addresses the vulnerability (CVE-2022-0778) that can be exploited to create a denial of service (infinite loop of the handler). To exploit the vulnerability, it's enough to trigger the processing of a specially crafted certificate. The issue manifests in both server and client applications that may handle user-provided certificates. The problem is caused by an error in the function […]
Google has released updates for Chrome 99.0.4844.74 and 98.0.4758.132 (Extended Stable) that fix 11 vulnerabilities, including a critical vulnerability (CVE-2022-0971) that allows bypassing all levels of browser protection and executing code in the system outside the sandbox environment. Details have not yet been disclosed, but it is known that the critical vulnerability is related to accessing already freed memory (use-after-free) in the browser engine […]