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Ubuntu 24.10 Oracular Oriole brings tighter security controls

October 11, 2024

Canonical released Ubuntu 24.10 Oracular Oriole, which brings notable advancements, including an updated kernel, new toolchains, and the GNOME 47 desktop environment, along …

XZ Utils backdoor update: Which Linux distros are affected and what can you do?

March 31, 2024

UPDATE: April 9, 09:23 AM ET A new story has been published: XZ Utils backdoor: Detection tools, scripts, rules The news that XZ Utils, a compression utility present in most …

Curl project squashes high-severity bug in omnipresent libcurl library (CVE-2023-38545)

October 11, 2023

Curl v8.4.0 is out, and fixes – among other things – a high-severity SOCKS5 heap buffer overflow vulnerability (CVE-2023-38545). Appropriate patches for some older …

GNOME users at risk of RCE attack (CVE-2023-43641)

October 10, 2023

If you’re running GNOME on you Linux system(s), you are probably open to remote code execution attacks via a booby-trapped file, thanks to a memory corruption …

“Looney Tunables” bug allows root access on Linux distros (CVE-2023-4911)

October 5, 2023

A vulnerability (CVE-2023-4911) in the GNU C Library (aka “glibc”) can be exploited by attackers to gain root privileges on many popular Linux distributions, …

Google “confirms” that exploited Chrome zero-day is actually in libwebp (CVE-2023-5129)

September 27, 2023

UPDATE (September 28, 2023, 03:15 a.m. ET): The CVE-2023-5129 ID has been either rejected or withdrawn by the CVE Numbering Authority (Google), since it’s a duplicate of …

Ubuntu Core now compatible with the Arm SystemReady IR systems specification

March 14, 2023

Canonical announced its Ubuntu Core OS is now compatible with the Arm SystemReady IR system specification, enabling security best practices across connected devices. In …

Real-time Ubuntu released, offers end-to-end security and reliability

February 14, 2023

Canonical released real-time Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, providing a deterministic response to an external event, aiming to minimise the response time guarantee within a specified …

Ubuntu Pro: Comprehensive subscription for open-source software security

January 26, 2023

Ubuntu Pro, Canonical’s comprehensive subscription for secure open source and compliance, is now generally available. Ubuntu Pro helps teams get timely CVE patches, harden …

Critical RCE vulnerabilities found in git (CVE-2022-41903, CVE-2022-23251)

January 19, 2023

A source code audit has revealed two critical vulnerabilities affecting git, the popular distributed version control system for collaborative software development. The latest …

Nimbuspwn bugs allow attackers to gain root privileges on some Linux machines (CVE-2022-29799, CVE-2022-29800)

April 27, 2022

Microsoft has unearthed two security vulnerabilities (CVE-2022-29799, CVE-2022-29800) in the networkd-dispatcher daemon that may be exploited by attackers to gain root on many …

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS released, delivers enterprise-grade security

April 21, 2022

Canonical Ubuntu 22.04 LTS is now generally available, featuring significant leaps forward in cloud confidential computing, real-time kernel for industrial applications, and …