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Vulnerabilities were found in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). Supported versions that are affected are prior to 7.0.22 and prior to 7.1.2. A difficult to exploit vulnerability allows a high privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle VM VirtualBox executes to compromise an Oracle

The REXML gem before 3.2.6 has a denial of service vulnerability when it parses an XML that has many ` `. (CVE-2024-39908)

Encryption backdoor debate ‘done and dusted,’ former White House tech advisor says
Securing Linux Environments in AWS: Best Practices and Common Pitfalls
Atos denies Space Bears’ ransomware claims – with a ‘but’

Update to 2.46.5: Fix several crashes and rendering issues. CVE-2024-54479, CVE-2024-54502, CVE-2024-54508, CVE-2024-54505

* bsc#1217826 * bsc#1222815 * bsc#1230551 * bsc#1230552 * bsc#1231345

* bsc#1205224 * bsc#1211507 Cross-References: * CVE-2022-39377

CAPTCHAs now run Doom – on nightmare mode
Boffins carve up C so code can be converted to Rust
The cloud architecture renaissance of 2025
Write Python like it’s 2025
Ruby completes switch to Prism parser

iwd 3.3: Fix issue with handling External Authentication. iwd 3.2: Fix issue with GCC 15 and -std=c23 build errors. Add support for using PMKSA over SAE if available.

iwd 3.3: Fix issue with handling External Authentication. iwd 3.2: Fix issue with GCC 15 and -std=c23 build errors. Add support for using PMKSA over SAE if available.

Linux 6.1 has been packaged for Debian 11 as linux-6.1. This provides a supported upgrade path for systems that currently use kernel packages from the “bullseye-backports” suite.

Chinese cyber-spies reportedly targeted sanctions intel in US Treasury raid
Apple offers to settle ‘snooping Siri’ lawsuit for an utterly incredible $95M
Go teams struggle with coding standards – survey
Fireside chat with Graham Cluley about risks of AI adoption in 2025
Download the Hot IT Certifications Enterprise Spotlight

* bsc#1226162 * bsc#1226468 * bsc#1234292 Cross-References:

* bsc#1234808 * bsc#1234809 Cross-References: * CVE-2024-56201

Fine-tuning Azure OpenAI models in Azure AI Foundry

It was discovered that there was a potential Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability, in Django, a popular Python-based web development framework.

The AI Fix #31: Replay: AI doesn’t exist
Eight things that should not have happened last year, but did
4 keys for writing cross-platform apps
Intro to VSCode.dev: The IDE in your browser
US Army soldier who allegedly stole Trump’s AT&T call logs arrested

Update to 2.12.9 Fixes CVE-2024-40896

Tornado is a scalable, non-blocking Python web framework and asynchronous networking library. CVE-2023-28370

* bsc#1234795 Cross-References: * CVE-2024-56378

US Treasury Department outs the blast radius of BeyondTrust’s key leak
China’s cyber intrusions took a sinister turn in 2024
The vital role of red teaming in safeguarding AI systems and data

debootstrap has been updated to avoid pulling in usr-is-merged in testing and unstable. This fixes creating testing/unstable chroots after src:usrmerge is removed from the archive.

More telcos confirm Salt Typhoon breaches as White House weighs in

Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in plugins for the GStreamer media framework and its codecs and demuxers, which may result in denial of service or potentially the execution of arbitrary code if a malformed media file is opened.

* bsc#1234795 Cross-References: * CVE-2024-56378

* jsc#PED-11136 Affected Products: * openSUSE Leap 15.5 * openSUSE Leap 15.6

The future of open source will be messy
Multitenant data management with TiDB
10 hot programming trends — and 10 going cold

iwd 3.3: Fix issue with handling External Authentication. iwd 3.2: Fix issue with GCC 15 and -std=c23 build errors. Add support for using PMKSA over SAE if available.

iwd 3.3: Fix issue with handling External Authentication. iwd 3.2: Fix issue with GCC 15 and -std=c23 build errors. Add support for using PMKSA over SAE if available.

It’s only a matter of time before LLMs jump start supply-chain attacks

An update that contains security fixes can now be installed.

Multiple vulnerabilities were found in opensc, a set of libraries and utilities to access smart cards, which could lead to application crash, information leak, or PIN bypass.

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DSA-5838-1

How cops taking down LockBit, ALPHV led to RansomHub’s meteoric rise
Critical warning from Microsoft: .NET install domains changing
Microsoft adds another problem to the Windows 11 24H2 naughty list

* bsc#1228919 * bsc#1233821 Cross-References: * CVE-2024-11407

* bsc#1228919 * bsc#1233821 Cross-References: * CVE-2024-11407

Multiple CVE fixes

Update to 0^20241216git660795b dr_flac 0.12.43: Fix a possible buffer overflow during decoding. Improve detection of ARM64EC. dr_mp3 0.6.40: Improve detection of ARM64EC dr_wav 0.13.17: Fix a possible crash when reading from MS-ADPCM encoded files.

Explore the Top Secure Linux Distros for Privacy & Security in 2025

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DSA-5835-1

Linux vs. Viruses: The Power of User Savvy & System Architecture
New Interlock Ransomware Targets Critical Linux Infrastructure, FreeBSD Servers

The following updated rpms for Oracle Linux 7 have been uploaded to the Unbreakable Linux Network:

The Role of Open Source AI in Cyber Defense
How to split strings efficiently in C#

Update to 6.2.74, fix for CVE-2024-55919 Full changelog: https://github.com/sympa-community/sympa/releases/tag/6.2.74

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DSA-5836-1

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DSA-5837-1

The following vulnerabilities have been discovered in the WebKitGTK web engine: CVE-2024-54479

* bsc#1234795 Cross-References: * CVE-2024-56378

* bsc#1234795 Cross-References: * CVE-2024-56378

Former NSA cyberspy’s not-so-secret hobby: Hacking Christmas lights
What is serverless? Serverless computing explained
Python in 2024: Faster, more powerful, and more popular than ever

Automatic update for tomcat-9.0.98-1.fc41. Changelog for tomcat * Mon Dec 09 2024 Packit – 1:9.0.98-1 – Update to version 9.0.98 – Resolves: rhbz#2331168

Update to 6.2.74, fix for CVE-2024-55919 Full changelog: https://github.com/sympa-community/sympa/releases/tag/6.2.74

Automatic update for tomcat-9.0.98-1.fc40. Changelog for tomcat * Mon Dec 09 2024 Packit – 1:9.0.98-1 – Update to version 9.0.98 – Resolves: rhbz#2331168

The AI Fix #30: ChatGPT reveals the devastating truth about Santa (Merry Christmas!)
How Androxgh0st rose from Mozi’s ashes to become ‘most prevalent malware’

* bsc#1129772 * bsc#1152803 * bsc#1154838 * bsc#1181400 * bsc#1230961

What do ransomware and Jesus have in common? A birth month and an unwillingness to die
One third of adults can’t delete device data
The AI backlash couldn’t have come at a better time

In elisp-mode.el in GNU Emacs through 30.0.92, a user who chooses to invoke elisp-completion-at-point (for code completion) on untrusted Emacs Lisp source code can trigger unsafe Lisp macro expansion that allows attackers to execute arbitrary code. (This unsafe expansion also occurs if a user chooses to enable on-the-fly diagnosis that byte

Update to 3.12.8

Update to 3.12.8

‘That’s not a bug, it’s a feature’ takes on a darker tone when malware’s involved