USN-8581-1: libarchive vulnerabilities

It was discovered that libarchive did not properly manage memory when unpacking certain RAR5 archives, leading to a double free. An

USN-8580-1: AccountsService vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the Ubuntu-specific SetLanguage patch to AccountsService incorrectly handled dropping privileges. A local

Firefox 153 Released with HDR Video, Smarter PDF Tools, Better Privacy, and New Linux Improvements

by George Whittaker Mozilla has officially released Firefox 153, bringing another round of improvements to its

Substantial Update to IPFire Now Available

The lastest version of IPFire features a fundamental change to how the system handles DNS.

USN-8579-1: snapd vulnerabilities

James Henstridge discovered that snapd's default apparmor template did not restrict access to systemd-userdbd varlink interface. A

virtualbox-ext-vnc >= 7.2.12-2 requires manual intervention

Previously, we installed its contents in a way that made pacman not aware of the files (using VBoxManage extpack install ... from

USN-8578-1: CUPS control character injection vulnerability

It was discovered that CUPS did not properly filter control characters in IPP string attributes and PPD keywords. An unauthenticated

USN-8577-1: OpenSSH vulnerability

USN-8222-1 fixed a vulnerability in OpenSSH. This update provides the corresponding fix for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. Original advisory details:

USN-8576-1: Linux kernel (NVIDIA Tegra) vulnerabilities

Maxim Suhanov discovered that the NTFS file system implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly validate file name length in

GNOME's Security Might Be in Peril as Lone Tracker Goes Off

Michael Catanzaro has single-handedly run GNOME security tracking since 2020, but he is leaving in December.

USN-8575-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Maxim Suhanov discovered that the NTFS file system implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly validate file name length in

USN-8574-1: Linux kernel (GCP FIPS) vulnerabilities

It was discovered that some AMD processors did not properly clear data in the floating point divider unit during speculative execution. A

Prometheus TSDB: Manage Data Storage and Retention on Linux

The post Prometheus TSDB: Manage Data Storage and Retention on Linux first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides

I Finally Tried the Alacritty Terminal And It May Replace Kitty for Me

I’ve always been more of a Kitty user, but after using Alacritty for the past two months, my loyalty to Kitty is starting to waver.

Security: Mehrere Probleme in dnsx (Fedora)

Security: Mehrere Probleme in freerdp (Fedora)

Security: Zwei Probleme in sssd (Red Hat)

Security: Zahlenüberlauf in glib2 (Red Hat)

Security: Mehrere Probleme in webkit2gtk3 (Red Hat)

Security: Mehrere Probleme in python-pillow (Fedora)

Security: Mehrere Probleme in wget1 (Fedora)

Security: Mehrere Probleme in freerdp (Fedora)

Security: Ausführen beliebiger Kommandos in gpsd (Fedora)

Security: Mehrere Probleme in wireshark (Fedora)

Security: Überschreiben von Dateien in mingw-python-pip (Fedora)

Security: Zwei Probleme in openssh (Fedora)

Security: Denial of Service in python3.14 (Red Hat)

Security: Mehrere Probleme in dnsx (Fedora)

Security: Ausführen beliebiger Kommandos in c-ares (Fedora)

Security: Zahlenüberlauf in glib2 (Red Hat)

Security: Denial of Service in mingw-python-idna (Fedora)

Security: Ausführen beliebiger Kommandos in c-ares (Red Hat)

Security: Mehrere Probleme in libseccomp (Fedora)

Security: Zwei Probleme in libtiff (Fedora)

Security: Überschreiben von Dateien in mingw-python-pip (Fedora)

Security: Mehrere Probleme in nginx (Ubuntu)