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Fragnesia Is Yet Another Local Privilege Escalation Flaw in Linux Kernel
2+ hour, 38+ min ago (302+ words) Here we go again! Security researcher William Bowling of the V12 security team has disclosed a new local privilege escalation flaw in the Linux kernel, named Fragnesia, which may lead to local privilege escalation. Fragnesia (CVE-2026-46300) is a bug in the…...
Pipe Wire 1. 6. 5 Brings Extra Security Checks and Hardening Fixes to Pulse Server
8+ hour, 48+ min ago (361+ words) Pipe Wire 1. 6. 5 has been released today as the fifth maintenance update in the latest Pipe Wire 1. 6 series of this open-source software for handling audio and video streams under Linux-based operating systems. Coming three weeks after Pipe Wire 1. 6. 4, the Pipe Wire…...
Dirty Frag Linux Kernel Flaw Allows Local Privilege Escalation, Patch Now
5+ day, 20+ hour ago (450+ words) After Copy Fail, a new Linux kernel vulnerability was uncovered and disclosed today, called "Dirty Frag, which is quite similar to Copy Fail as it allows a local user to escalate their privileges to gain root access. Dirty Frag is…...
Copy Fail Linux Kernel Vulnerability Now Patched in Debian, Ubuntu, and Others
1+ week, 3+ day ago (275+ words) Found by Xint Code, the Copy Fail (CVE-2026-31431) security vulnerability, which could allow a local user to elevate privileges to the root user, has been patched in Debian, Ubuntu, Alma Linux OS, and other popular distributions affected by this flaw....
open SUSE Lands Post-Quantum Hybrid Cryptography in Leap and Tumbleweed
2+ week, 2+ day ago (149+ words) The open SUSE project announced today the availability of post-quantum cryptography in open SUSE Tumbleweed and open SUSE Leap via a new cryptography library called libzupt. To get started with post-quantum cryptography in open SUSE Tumbleweed and open SUSE Leap,…...
IPFire 2. 29 Core Update 201 Linux Firewall Distro Released with DNS Firewall
2+ week, 2+ day ago (281+ words) IPFire 2. 29 Core Update 201 has been released today as the latest stable version of this open-source, free, hardened, versatile, state-of-the-art firewall based on Linux. Coming almost two months after IPFire 2. 29 Core Update 200, the IPFire 2. 29 Core Update 201 is here to introduce one…...
Bleach Bit 6. 0 Introduces New Cookie Manager, Improves Browser Cleaning
2+ week, 4+ day ago (359+ words) Bleach Bit 6. 0 has been released today as a major update to this open-source disk space cleaner, privacy manager, and computer system optimizer software that brings many new features and improvements. Highlights of Bleach Bit 6. 0 include a new cookie manager that…...
XOrg Server 21. 1. 22 and Xwayland 24. 1. 10 Released with Multiple Security Fixes
4+ week, 1+ day ago (245+ words) 9to5 Linux The XOrg Server 21. 1. 22 and Xwayland 24. 1. 10 display implementations have been released today, patched against multiple security vulnerabilities that could lead to use-after-free, out-of-bounds reads, buffer overflow, or integer underflow. Once again, this shows that XOrg Server remains unpatched against many…...
Flatpak 1. 16. 4 Linux App Sandboxing Framework Brings Important Security Fixes
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (352+ words) Flatpak 1. 16. 4 was released today as the latest stable version of this popular Linux application sandboxing and distribution framework and the first maintenance update to the Flatpak 1. 16 series. Flatpak 1. 16. 4 is here about two and a half months after Flatpak 1. 16. 3, which only…...
Open SSL 3. 6. 2 Is Now Available for Download with Important Security Fixes
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (257+ words) Open SSL 3. 6. 2 has been released today as the second maintenance/security update to the latest Open SSL 3. 6 series of this widely used TLS/SSL and crypto library for providing secure communications over computer networks. Open SSL 3. 6. 2 is here two and…...