Category: Internet News

Another 4 vulnerabilities in Ghostscript

Two weeks after the discovery of the previous critical issue in Ghostscript, 4 more similar vulnerabilities have been identified (CVE-2019-14811, CVE-2019-14812, CVE-2019-14813, CVE-2019-14817) that allow bypassing the ‘-dSAFER’ isolation mode by creating a link to ‘.forceput’. When processing specially crafted documents, an attacker can access the file system contents and achieve arbitrary code execution on the system (for example, by adding commands to […]

Who is implementing IPv6, and what is hindering its development

Last time, we talked about the exhaustion of IPv4 — about who owns a small share of the remaining addresses and why that is the case. Today, we discuss the alternative — the IPv6 protocol and the reasons for its slow adoption — some say the high cost of migration is to blame, while others claim the technology is already outdated. / CC BY-SA / Frerk Meyer Who is implementing […]

The autonomous electric train "Lastochka" has made a test run

OJSC 'Russian Railways' ('RZD') announces the testing of the first Russian electric train equipped with an autonomous control system. This concerns a specially modified version of the 'Lastochka' (Swallow). The train is equipped with technology for positioning, communication with the dispatch center, and obstacle detection on the track. The 'Lastochka' can operate on schedule in unmanned mode, and upon detecting an obstacle, it automatically brakes. The test journey […]

Chris Beard has left the position of head of Mozilla Corporation.

Chris Beard announced his departure from the position of CEO of Mozilla Corporation, a role he has held since 2014 following Brendan Eich's departure. Prior to this, Chris led Firefox promotion from 2004, oversaw marketing at Mozilla, represented the project at exhibitions, and headed the Mozilla Labs community. Reasons for his departure include a desire to make a step […]

Critical vulnerability in the Dovecot IMAP server

In the corrective releases of the POP3/IMAP4 server Dovecot 2.3.7.2 and 2.2.36.4, as well as in the add-on Pigeonhole 0.5.7.2 and 0.4.24.2, a critical vulnerability (CVE-2019-11500) was addressed that allows for data to be written outside the allocated buffer by sending specially crafted requests via the IMAP or ManageSieve protocols. This issue can be exploited even before authentication is completed. A working exploit has yet to be prepared, but […]

Release tl 1.0.6

tl — a cross-platform open-source web application (GitLab) for literary translators. The application breaks uploaded texts into segments based on newline characters and arranges them in two columns (original and translation). Key changes: Compile-time plugins for searching words and phrases in dictionaries; Annotations in translation; Overall translation statistics; Today's (and yesterday's) work statistics; […]

Ruby on Rails 6.0

On August 15, 2019, Ruby on Rails 6.0 was released. In addition to numerous fixes, the main innovations in version 6 include: Action Mailbox – routes incoming emails to mailbox-like controllers. Action Text – allows for storage and editing of rich text in Rails. Parallel testing – enables the parallel execution of test sets. That is, tests can be run simultaneously. Testing […]

The Live distribution Knoppix has abandoned systemd after 4 years of use.

After four years of using systemd, the Debian-based distribution Knoppix has removed the controversial initialization system. This Sunday (August 18*) saw the release of version 8.6 of the popular Debian-based Linux distribution Knoppix. The release is based on Debian 10 (Buster), which was released on July 9, with a number of packages from the testing and unstable branches to ensure support for new graphics cards. Knoppix is one of the first live CDs […]

Perl developers are considering renaming the Perl 6 language.

Perl language developers are discussing the possibility of evolving Perl 6 under a different name. Initially, Perl 6 was suggested to be renamed to "Camelia," but then the focus shifted to the name "Raku" proposed by Larry Wall, which is shorter, associates with the existing perl6 compiler "Rakudo," and doesn’t conflict with other projects in search engines. The name Camelia was proposed as it is an existing name of a mascot and […]

Pale Moon 28.7.0

A new significant version of Pale Moon is now available — a browser that was once an optimized build of Mozilla Firefox but has gradually evolved into a fairly independent project, now largely incompatible with the original. This update includes a partial rework of the JavaScript engine and implements several changes that may affect website functionality. These changes implement versions of specifications […]

The Fuck

Yes, you heard right. That's exactly what this console utility called the fuck is. You can find its sources on GitHub. This magical utility does one very useful job — it fixes errors in the last executed command in the console. Examples ➜ apt-get install vim E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/dpkg/lock — open (13: Permission denied) E: […]

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