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Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel.

Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel.

* bsc#1234809 Cross-References: * CVE-2024-56326

* bsc#1234718 Cross-References: * CVE-2024-11614

* bsc#1202473 * bsc#1205224 * bsc#1211507 Cross-References:

Essential Tips for Updating & Upgrading Your Linux Distro

tinyproxy could be made to expose sensitive information.

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)

Securing Linux Environments in AWS: Best Practices and Common Pitfalls

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

* 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.

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

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

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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

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

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

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

* bsc#1220490 * jsc#PED-10258 * jsc#PED-10751 Cross-References:

* bsc#1047218 * bsc#1233297 Cross-References: * CVE-2024-47535

* bsc#1220618 * bsc#1229238 * bsc#1231373 Cross-References:

release v1.14.0

release v1.14.0

Update to 131.0.6778.204 High CVE-2024-12692: Type Confusion in V8 High CVE-2024-12693: Out of bounds memory access in V8 High CVE-2024-12694: Use after free in Compositing High CVE-2024-12695: Out of bounds write in V8

Update to 1.24.10, fixes multiple CVEs.

Update to 1.24.10, fixes multiple CVEs.

Update to 1.24.10, fixes multiple CVEs.

Update to 1.24.10, fixes multiple CVEs.

Update to 1.24.10, fixes multiple CVEs.

* bsc#1223098 Cross-References: * CVE-2024-27306

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

Update to v2.14

Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel.

Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel.

Update to 4.3.3 (rhbz#2331357)

* bsc#1234371 Cross-References: * CVE-2021-3156

* bsc#1233973 Cross-References: * CVE-2024-53008

* bsc#1233894 Cross-References: * CVE-2024-53920

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DSA-5834-1

* bsc#1234068 Cross-References: * CVE-2024-11053

* bsc#1233282 Cross-References: * CVE-2024-52533

* bsc#1232528 Cross-References: * CVE-2024-9681