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The OpenBSD project has released a portable edition of the LibreSSL 3.2.5 package, which is a fork of OpenSSL aimed at ensuring a higher level of security. The new version addresses a bug in the TLS client implementation that leads to accessing a freed memory block (use-after-free) during session resumption operations. The OpenBSD developers acknowledged that this bug leads to a vulnerability but refrained from […]
Samuel Karp, an engineer from Amazon working on the Bottlerocket Linux distribution and container isolation technologies for AWS, is developing a new runtime, runj, based on FreeBSD jail environments, to provide isolated execution of containers that conform to the OCI (Open Container Initiative) specification. The project is positioned as experimental, being developed in his spare time away from his main job and is currently at […]
Oracle has released an update for the Solaris 11.4 operating system, SRU 31 (Support Repository Update), which includes a series of further fixes and enhancements for the 11.4 branch of Solaris. To install the suggested fixes in the update, simply execute the ‘pkg update’ command. The new release notes only the update of versions of software with vulnerabilities fixed: BIND 9.11.28, Firefox 78.8.0esr, PHP 7.4 7.4.15, Pillow […]
A new way to search for compatible components for upgrading your computer is available through the telemetry client hw-probe and the supported hardware database from the Linux-Hardware.org project. The idea is quite simple — different users of the same computer model (or motherboard) may use various separate components for different reasons: differences in configurations, upgrades or repairs made, or the installation of additional hardware. […]
After six months of development, Oracle has released the Java SE 16 platform (Java Platform, Standard Edition 16), with the OpenJDK open project serving as the reference implementation. Java SE 16 maintains backward compatibility with previous versions of the Java platform; all previously written Java projects will run without modifications on the new version. Ready-to-install builds […]
Corrective releases of the Tor tools (0.3.5.14, 0.4.4.8, 0.4.5.7), used for organizing the operation of the anonymous Tor network, have been released. The new versions address two vulnerabilities that could be exploited to carry out DoS attacks on Tor network nodes: CVE-2021-28089 — an attacker can cause denial of service to any Tor nodes and clients by creating a high CPU load when processing certain types of data. […]
The release of the Alt Workstation K 9.1 distribution, equipped with a KDE Plasma-based graphical environment and intended for corporate workplaces and personal use, is now available. The OS has been included in the Unified Register of Russian Programs and Databases. Builds are prepared for the x86_64 architecture in the form of an installation (4.3 GB) and Live image (3.1 GB). The product is delivered under a License Agreement, which […]
The release of the distributed version control system Git 2.31 is now available. Git is one of the most popular, reliable, and high-performance version control systems, offering flexible nonlinear development tools based on branching and merging. Implicit hashing of the entire previous history in each commit is used to ensure the integrity of the history and resilience against 'backward' changes, and digital verification is also possible […]
The Apache Software Foundation has released the Apache OpenMeetings 6.0 web conference server, which allows for organizing audio and video conferences via the web, as well as collaboration and messaging among participants. It supports both webinars with a single presenter and conferences with an arbitrary number of participants interacting with each other simultaneously. The project code is written in Java and is distributed under […]
The UBports project, which has taken over the development of the Ubuntu Touch mobile platform after Canonical stepped away, has released the OTA-16 firmware update (over-the-air). The project is also developing an experimental port of the Unity 8 desktop, which has been renamed to Lomiri. The Ubuntu Touch OTA-16 update is available for smartphones such as OnePlus One, Fairphone 2, Nexus 4, Nexus 5, Nexus 7 […]
As part of the Proton project redesign, developers from Mozilla plan to remove the compact mode for panel display settings (the 'hamburger' menu in the panel -> Customize -> Density -> Compact), leaving only the normal mode and the mode for touch screens. The compact mode uses smaller buttons and eliminates unnecessary whitespace around panel elements […]
After a year of development, GNU Mes 0.23 has been released, providing the bootstrap process for GCC and enabling a closed-loop rebuild from source code. This toolkit addresses the challenge of verified initial compiler builds in distributions by breaking the cycle of circular rebuilding (where an already built compiler’s executables are required to build the compiler, and binary compiler builds can be a source of hidden backdoors, […]