Linux & Open Source News

The AlmaLinux OS Foundation has officially released the latest version AlmaLinux 9.5, codenamed Teal Serval, on November 18, 2024. Built from the same source code as Red Hat Enterprise Linux...

Recently, a critical security vulnerability was discovered in the PostgreSQL open-source database system. Tracked as CVE-2024-10979, this high-severity vulnerability poses significant risks, earning a CVSS score of 8.8. It could...

The Debian Project has officially launched Debian 12.8, the latest point release of Debian 12 “Bookworm” series. This update, the seventh ISO release in the Bookworm series, brings several security...

Linux has emerged as the dominant operating system on Microsoft Azure, powering over 60% of customer workloads. This surge in Linux adoption underscores its increasing popularity and versatility in enterprises...

The U.S Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) recently announced proposed security requirements designed to prevent adversarial nations from gaining access to American’s personal and government-related information. These proposed guidelines...

Several vulnerabilities have been identified in the Linux kernel, which could potentially allow attackers to compromise systems, escalate privileges, or even cause system crashes. Recently, Canonical has released security updates...

The Linux kernel is the core of every Linux-based operating system, managing hardware resources and facilitating communication between the system and its applications. Given its critical role, vulnerabilities in the...

A critical vulnerability (CVE-2023-44487) was identified in HAProxy, a widely used load balancing and reverse proxy solution. This flaw, found in HAProxy’s handling of HTTP/2 streams, can potentially lead to...

Recently, multiple security vulnerabilities were fixed in libarchive, a widely used free and open-source library for reading and writing various archive file formats. These vulnerabilities could potentially allow attackers to...

Supply chain attacks have become a growing concern, particularly with the rise of open source packages and libraries across various programming languages. These attacks exploit vulnerabilities in the software supply...

As of October 10, 2024, Linux kernel 6.10 has officially reached its end of life (EOL). This means no further official updates or security fixes will be released for Linux...