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Ubuntu 22.10 will transition to audio processing using PipeWire instead of PulseAudio.

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In the repository where the development of Ubuntu 22.10 is taking place, there has been a transition to the use of the PipeWire multimedia server as the default for audio processing. Packages related to PulseAudio have been removed from the desktop and desktop-minimal sets, and to ensure compatibility, a working layer over PipeWire, called pipewire-pulse, has been added instead of the libraries for interacting with PulseAudio, which allows all existing PulseAudio clients to continue functioning. […]

Vulnerability in the Linux kernel perf subsystem allowing privilege escalation.

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A vulnerability (CVE-2022-1729) has been identified in the Linux kernel, allowing a local user to gain root access to the system. The vulnerability is caused by a race condition in the perf subsystem, which can be exploited to initiate access to a previously freed area of kernel memory (use-after-free). The issue manifests starting from kernel release 4.0-rc1. The exploitability has been confirmed for releases 5.4.193 and above. A fix is currently only available in the form of a patch. The risk of the vulnerability […]

Release of Wine 7.9 and GE-Proton7-18

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An experimental release of the open implementation of WinAPI — Wine 7.9 has occurred. Since the release of version 7.8, 35 bug reports have been closed and 323 changes have been made. The most important changes include: The migration of the macOS driver to use the PE (Portable Executable) format instead of ELF. Work has been done to resolve crashes during the execution of tests (‘make test’) on the Windows platform. Closed […]

Release of Erlang/OTP 25

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After a year of development, the release of the functional programming language Erlang 25 has taken place, aimed at the development of distributed fault-tolerant applications that provide real-time parallel request processing. The language has gained popularity in areas such as telecommunications, banking systems, e-commerce, computer telephony, and instant messaging organization. At the same time, the OTP 25 (Open Telecom Platform) release, a complementary set of libraries, has been launched. […]

Apache OpenMeetings 6.3 is now available, a server for web conferencing

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The Apache Software Foundation has released the Apache OpenMeetings 6.3 web conferencing server, which allows for audio and video conferencing via the web, as well as collaboration and messaging among participants. It supports both webinars with a single speaker and conferences with an arbitrary number of participants interacting simultaneously. The project's code is written in Java and is distributed under […]

Firefox 100.0.2 Update Fixes Critical Vulnerabilities

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Corrective releases of Firefox 100.0.2, Firefox ESR 91.9.1, and Thunderbird 91.9.1 have been published, addressing two vulnerabilities assessed as critical. During the ongoing Pwn2Own 2022 competition, a working exploit was demonstrated, allowing an attacker to bypass sandbox isolation and execute code on the system by opening a specially crafted page. The exploit's author has been awarded a prize of $100,000. The first vulnerability (CVE-2022-1802) […]

Google has unveiled developments related to the secure network protocol PSP

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Google has announced the opening of specifications and a reference implementation for the PSP (PSP Security Protocol), used for encrypting traffic between data centers. The protocol employs a traffic encapsulation architecture similar to IPsec ESP (Encapsulating Security Payloads) over IP, providing encryption, cryptographic integrity checks, and source authentication. The implementation code for PSP is written in C and is released under the Apache 2.0 license. […]

Testing of the third version of the Chrome manifest has begun in Firefox.

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Mozilla has announced the start of testing for the third version of the Chrome manifest in Firefox, which defines the capabilities and resources available for extensions created using the WebExtensions API. To test the third version of the manifest in the Firefox 101 beta, set the parameter 'extensions.manifestV3.enabled' to true and 'xpinstall.signatures.required' to false on the about:config page. To install extensions, […]

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 is available for download.

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Red Hat has announced the availability of installation images and repositories for the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 distribution. The release of the new branch was officially announced a week ago, but the builds were published with a slight delay. The source texts of rpm packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 are available in the CentOS Git repository. Ready-to-use installation images are only available for registered Red Hat users […]

Release of Oracle Linux 8.6 and beta release of Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel 7

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Oracle has released the distribution of Oracle Linux 8.6, based on the package base of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6. An unrestricted installation ISO image of 8.6 GB, prepared for x86_64 and ARM64 (aarch64) architectures, is available for download. Oracle Linux provides unlimited and free access to the yum repository containing binary package updates for bug fixes (errata) and issues […]

MyBee 13.1.0 has been released, a FreeBSD distribution for virtual machine management.

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The free distribution MyBee 13.1.0 has been released, built on the technologies of FreeBSD 13.1 and providing an API for working with virtual machines (via the bhyve hypervisor) and containers (based on FreeBSD jail). The distribution is designed for installation on a dedicated physical server. The size of the installation image is 1.7GB The basic installation of MyBee provides capabilities for creating, destroying, starting, and stopping virtual environments. […]

BIND DNS Server Update Addressing Vulnerability in DNS-over-HTTPS Implementation

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Correction updates have been released for stable branches of the BIND DNS server 9.16.28 and 9.18.3, as well as a new release of the experimental branch 9.19.1. Versions 9.18.3 and 9.19.1 have fixed a vulnerability (CVE-2022-1183) in the implementation of the DNS-over-HTTPS mechanism, supported since branch 9.18. The vulnerability causes the named process to crash if the TLS connection to the handler based on the HTTP protocol is unexpectedly terminated. The issue […]

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