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Vulnerability in the Bluez Bluetooth stack

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A vulnerability (CVE-2020-0556) has been discovered in the open Bluetooth stack BlueZ, which is used in Linux distributions and Chrome OS, potentially allowing an attacker to access the system. Due to improper access validation in the implementation of Bluetooth profiles HID and HOGP, the vulnerability permits denial of service or privilege escalation when connecting a malicious Bluetooth device without completing the device bonding process. The malicious Bluetooth device […]

Update of the distribution for creating home theaters LibreELEC 9.2.1

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The release of LibreELEC 9.2.1, a fork of the OpenELEC distribution for creating home theaters, has been published. The user interface is based on the Kodi media center. Images are prepared for loading from USB drives or SD cards (32- and 64-bit x86, Raspberry Pi 1/2/3/4, and various devices with Rockchip and Amlogic chips). The new version adds a section in the configurator for setting up VPN use […]

Release of Wine 5.4 and Wine Staging 5.4

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An experimental release of the open WinAPI implementation — Wine 5.4 — has occurred. Since the release of version 5.3, 34 bug reports have been closed, and 373 changes have been made. The most significant changes include: Built-in programs have been transitioned to use the new C runtime UCRTBase; Improved support for domain names containing characters from national alphabets (IDN, Internationalized Domain Names); Direct2D now includes support for drawing rectangles with […]

LoadLibrary, a layer for loading Windows DLLs into Linux applications

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Tavis Ormandy, a security researcher at Google, is developing the LoadLibrary project, aimed at porting DLL libraries compiled for Windows for use in applications on Linux. The project provides a wrapper library that allows DLL files in PE/COFF format to be loaded and specific functions within them to be called. The PE/COFF loader is based on ndiswrapper code. The project's code is distributed under the GPLv2 license. […]

Release APT 2.0

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A new release of the APT package manager has been issued, numbered 2.0. Changes include: Commands that accept package names now support patterns. Their syntax is similar to aptitude. Attention! Masks and regular expressions are no longer supported! Instead, patterns are used. New commands "apt satisfy" and "apt-get satisfy" have been added to satisfy specified dependencies. Pins can be specified by source packages by adding src: […]

Tails 4.4

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On March 12, the release of the new Tails distribution version 4.4, based on Debian GNU/Linux, was announced. Tails is distributed as a live image for USB flash drives and DVDs. The distribution aims to maintain privacy and anonymity while browsing the internet by redirecting traffic through Tor, leaves no traces on the computer unless specified otherwise, and allows for the use of the latest cryptographic utilities. […]

Quarterly update of the initial builds of ALT Linux 9

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The developers of ALT Linux have announced the release of quarterly "starter builds" of the distribution. "Starter builds" are small live builds with various desktop environments, plus server, rescue, and cloud versions; they are available for free download and unlimited use under the GPL, convenient for customization, and are generally intended for experienced users; the package is updated quarterly. They do not claim to be finished solutions, […]

Release of NGINX Unit application server 1.16.0

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The release of the NGINX Unit application server version 1.16 has taken place, which develops a solution for running web applications in various programming languages (Python, PHP, Perl, Ruby, Go, JavaScript/Node.js, and Java). Multiple applications in different programming languages can run simultaneously under NGINX Unit, with launch parameters that can be dynamically changed without the need to modify configuration files and restart. Code […]

Quarterly update of ALT p9 starterkits

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The fourth release of starter kits on the Ninth Alt platform is available, prepared for i586, x86_64, aarch64, and armh architectures (torrents for i586, x86_64, and aarch64). Additionally, builds for the mipsel architecture are offered for the Tavolga and BFK3 systems based on the Baikal-T1 CPU (20190703). A number of starter kits (20190903) are also available for owners of the Elbrus VK based on 4C and 8C/1C+ processors. […]

The package base of Debian 11 'Bullseye' will be frozen in the spring of next year

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The developers of the distribution have published the planned freeze dates for the 11th version of the Debian 11 'Bullseye' distribution. The stable release date is set for mid-2021. The approximate freeze schedule is as follows: January 12, 2021 — the first phase, during which updates to packages requiring changes in dependencies of other packages will be halted, leading to the temporary removal of packages from the testing branch. Updates to packages will also be paused […]

Correction release of GCC 9.3

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On March 12, the GCC 9.3 release was published. GCC (GNU Compiler Collection) includes compilers and standard libraries for C, C++, Objective-C, Fortran, Ada, Go, and D. This release features over 157 fixes, including 48 fixes for the C++ compiler, 47 for the Fortran compiler, and 16 for libstdc++. Change log Source: linux.org.ru

The freeze of the Debian 11 package base is scheduled for spring next year.

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Debian developers have published the package freeze plan for the release of Debian 11 'Bullseye'. The Debian 11 release is expected in mid-2021. The first phase of the package freeze will begin on January 12, 2021, during which 'transitions' (package updates requiring adjustments of dependencies in other packages, leading to the temporary removal of packages from Testing) will be halted, as well as […]

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