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Canonical has announced changes in Ubuntu 23.10 that restrict user access to user namespace identifiers, which will enhance the security of systems using container isolation against vulnerabilities that require manipulation of the user namespace for exploitation. According to Google, 44% of exploits involved in the bounty program for identifying vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel, […]
A vulnerability (CVE-2023-43641) has been discovered in the libcue library, which is used for parsing metadata containing information about the order and duration of audio tracks, allowing for code execution when processing specially crafted cue files. The library is used in some multimedia players and audio editors, including Audacious, and can be exploited to compromise the system when opening unverified data. Furthermore, the libcue library […]
A major update of the free digital audio workstation Ardour has been released. Key changes: The MIDI track widget (scroomer) has been completely rewritten to control the scale and visibility of track content. It now displays notes (048 C, 049 C#, and so on), or note names if specified in MIDNAM (for example, names of different drums when a drum sampler plugin is loaded). A familiar interface for editing strength […]
A new version of the cross-platform high-performance POP3/IMAP4 server Dovecot 2.3.21 has been released, supporting the POP3 and IMAP4rev1 protocols along with popular extensions such as SORT, THREAD, and IDLE, as well as authentication and encryption mechanisms (SASL, TLS, SCRAM). Dovecot maintains full compatibility with traditional mbox and Maildir, utilizing external indexes to enhance performance. Plugins can be used to extend functionality (for example, through plugins it implements […]
Version 3.0.19 of the VLC media player has been released, featuring support for the Super Resolution technology on systems with Intel and NVIDIA GPUs. This technology utilizes spatial scaling algorithms and detail reconstruction to reduce image quality loss when scaling up and displaying at higher resolutions. Other improvements include enhanced support for AV1 video format and better HDR video handling […]
Jordan Petridis, a member of the quality control and release teams for GNOME, published a change request to remove systemd targets for gnome-session from packages, which will affect environments running X11. This marks a significant initial step towards phasing out support for the X11 protocol in GNOME. However, other necessary functionalities for […]
The first release of the Incus project has been introduced, which is a fork of the LXD container management system developed by the Linux Containers community. It was created by the original team that developed LXD. The Incus code is written in Go and is distributed under the Apache 2.0 license. It is worth noting that the Linux Containers community governed the development of LXD until Canonical decided to continue developing LXD separately as an enterprise […]
The Linux Foundation, BastionZero, and Docker have introduced a new open project, OpenPubKey, which develops the namesake cryptographic protocol for certifying digital signatures of arbitrary objects. The technology is designed as a collaboration between BastionZero and Docker to simplify the certification of Docker container images with digital signatures to prevent tampering and confirm the build by the declared creator. The project will evolve on a neutral platform under the patronage of […]
The developers of the Wine interface 'Bottles' have announced a new project. Bottles Next will undergo significant redesign, while Bottles will receive bug fixes and minor feature additions. Key changes: Bottles Next will be available not only for Linux but also for MacOS. The GUI for MacOS will use Electron and VueJS 3, while Linux will use […]
The second corrective update for Debian 12 has been released, which includes accumulated package updates and fixes in the installer. The release contains 117 updates that address stability issues and 52 updates that fix vulnerabilities. Notable changes in Debian 12.2 include updates to fresh stable versions of packages like clamav, dbus, dpdk, gtk+3.0, mariadb, mutt, nvidia-settings, openssl, qemu, […]
The author of the DNS server Trust-DNS has announced the project's renaming to Hickory DNS. The reason for the name change is to make the project more appealing to users, developers, and sponsors, to avoid search overlaps with the concept of 'Trusted DNS,' and to register a trademark to protect the brand associated with the project (the name Trust-DNS will be problematic to use as a trademark, as […]
Valve has released an update for project Proton 8.0-4, based on the Wine codebase, aimed at enabling the launch of gaming applications developed for Windows on Linux and showcased in the Steam catalog. The project's developments are distributed under the BSD license. Proton allows direct launching of gaming applications provided only for Windows in the Linux Steam client. The package includes an implementation of DirectX […