Linux Security Roundup for Week 28, 2024

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Here is a roundup of last week's Linux security updates for AlmaLinux, ArchLinux, Debian GNU/Linux, Fedora Linux, Gentoo Linux, Oracle Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Rocky Linux, SUSE Linux, and Ubuntu Linux.

Linux Security Roundup for Week 27, 2024

Security 11071 Published by Philipp Esselbach 0

Here is a roundup of last week's Linux security updates for AlmaLinux, Debian GNU/Linux, Fedora Linux, Gentoo Linux, Oracle Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux, and Ubuntu Linux.

Linux Security Roundup for Week 26, 2024

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Here is a roundup of last week's Linux security updates for AlmaLinux, Debian GNU/Linux, Fedora Linux, Gentoo Linux, Oracle Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Rocky Linux, Slackware Linux, SUSE Linux, and Ubuntu Linux.

Linux Security Roundup for Week 25, 2024

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Here is a roundup of last week's Linux security updates for AlmaLinux, CentOS, Debian GNU/Linux, Fedora Linux, Oracle Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Rocky Linux, Slackware Linux, SUSE Linux, and Ubuntu Linux.

IPFire 2.29 - Core Update 186 released

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IPFire 2.29 - Core Update 186 has been released, which includes a new kernel, experimental support for Btrfs, and a number of security and bug updates.

The update is based on Linux 6.6.32 and includes mitigations for Register File Data Sampling in Intel processors, as well as fixes for CPU graph issues. The Raspberry Pi has been supported for CPU frequency scaling, and experimental support for Btrfs allows for data compression and snapshot creation, which may benefit development and rollbacks.

Linux Security Roundup for Week 24, 2024

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Here is a roundup of last week's Linux security updates for AlmaLinux, Debian GNU/Linux, Fedora Linux, Oracle Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Slackware Linux, SUSE Linux, and Ubuntu Linux.

Linux Security Roundup for Week 22, 2024

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Here is a roundup of last week's Linux security updates for AlmaLinux, Debian GNU/Linux, Fedora Linux, Oracle Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Slackware Linux,  SUSE Linux, and Ubuntu Linux.

Linux Security Roundup for Week 21, 2024

Security 11071 Published by Philipp Esselbach 0

Here is a roundup of last week's Linux security updates for AlmaLinux, Debian GNU/Linux, Fedora Linux, Gentoo Linux, Oracle Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Slackware Linux,  SUSE Linux, and Ubuntu Linux.

IPFire 2.29 - Core Update 186 is available for testing

Security 11071 Published by Philipp Esselbach 0

IPFire 2.29 - Core Update 186 is now ready for testing. Core Update 186 brings a new kernel, experimental support for Btrfs, and bug fixes. The upgrade, which is based on Linux 6.6.30, contains mitigations for Register File Data Sampling in Intel processors as well as CPU graph adjustments. It also includes experimental support for Btrfs, which enables data compression and snapshot creation for development and quicker rollbacks. Other modifications include merging Spamhaus EDROP into DROP, eliminating Alienvault, allowing Suicata to use Linux Landlock, updating the Unbound/DHCP Leases bridge, and silencing boot process warnings.

IPFire 2.29 - Core Update 185 released

Security 11071 Published by Philipp Esselbach 0

Core Update 185 of IPFire 2.29 has been released, which includes a new IPFire intrusion prevention system (IPS) that is based on Suricata 7 as well as bug fixes and package updates. Support for HTTP/2, deflate compression, byte-ranges, TLS client certificates, IKEv1, PostgreSQL protocol, BitTorrent parser, QUICv1 and GQUIC, and Linux Landlocked — all of which are designed to prevent damage — are included in the update. In addition to this, it adds ThreatFox Indicators of Compromise Rules from abuse.ch, fixes a vulnerability that could have caused a denial of service, and removes the PT Attack and Secureworks rule sets.

Security issue with XZ after repository and tarballs were compromised

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Andres Freund has discovered that the upstream XZ repository and the XZ tarballs have been backdoored. The majority of Linux distributions that are affected by this issue are either very new or rolling release distributions. A brief summary of all the most recent updates is as follows:

XZ-Utils Security Update for Debian Testing
XZ Utils Security Advisory for Gentoo
XZ Security Update for Arch Linux
XZ-Utils Update for Kali Linux
XZ Security Issue in Fedora Linux 40 and Rawhide

XZ-Utils Update for Kali Linux

Security 11071 Published by Philipp Esselbach 0

A vulnerability in Kali Linux, affecting xz-utils 5.6.0-0.2, was triggered between March 26th and 29th. Users who updated before March 29th should apply the latest updates, while those not updated before March 26th are unaffected.

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