Wednesday, January 23rd, 2013

Time	Event
7:35a	Trinity 1.1 released Dave Jones has released version 1.1 of his Trinity fuzz-testing tool just in time for his talk on Trinity at linux.conf.au 2013 next week. The release announcement contains a long list of the changes since the 1.0 release six months ago. (Comment on this)
2:49p	Ubuntu considers “huge” change that would end traditional release cycle (ars technica) Ars technica reports that Canonical is considering switching to a rolling release model for the Ubuntu distribution. "But 14.04 in April 2014 could be the last version released after just a six-month development period. 14.04 is also the next 'Long Term Support' or LTS edition. Every two years, Ubuntu is sort of frozen in place with a more stable edition that is guaranteed support for five years. If the change Canonical is considering is adopted, every future edition starting with 14.04 will be an LTS, so the next version after 14.04 would be 16.04 in April 2016." (Comment on this)
4:14p	[$] Namespaces in operation, part 4: more on PID namespaces In this article, we continue last week's discussion of PID namespaces (and extend our ongoing series on namespaces). One use of PID namespaces is to implement a package of processes (a container) that behaves like a self-contained Linux system. A key part of a traditional system—and likewise a PID namespace container—is the init process. Thus, we'll look at the special role of the init process and note one or two areas where it differs from the traditional init process. In addition, we'll look at some other details of the namespaces API as it applies to PID namespaces. (Comment on this)
7:52p	Security updates for Wednesday CentOS has updated mysql (C5: multiple vulnerabilities) and kernel (C5: multiple vulnerabilities). Fedora has updated xen (F18; F17: denial of service), nagios (F18; F17; F16: code execution), moin (F17; F16: multiple vulnerabilities), rubygem-activerecord (F17; F16: multiple vulnerabilities), rubygem-activesupport (F17; F16: multiple vulnerabilities), rubygem-activemodel (F17; F16: multiple vulnerabilities), rubygem-actionpack (F17; F16: multiple vulnerabilities), sleuthkit (F18; F17: evade detection by forensic analysis), qt (F18: confusing SSL error messages), firefox (F16: multiple vulnerabilities), and xulrunner (F16: multiple vulnerabilities). openSUSE has updated flash-player (12.1; 12.1; 11.4: code execution), flash-player (11.4: multiple vulnerabilities), gimp (11.4: code execution), kdelibs (11.4: multiple vulnerabilities), libssh (11.4: code execution), mozilla (12.2, 12.1; 11.4: multiple vulnerabilities), xen (11.4: multiple vulnerabilities), mysql-community-server (11.4: code/command execution), freeradius-server (authentication bypass), acroread (multiple vulnerabilities), nagios (code execution), libqt4 (11.4: multiple vulnerabilities), sblim-cim-client2 (11.4: predictable hash collisions), otrs (11.4: cross-site scripting), plib (11.4: multiple vulnerabilities), tomcat (11.4: multiple vulnerabilities), opera (11.4: multiple vulnerabilities), weechat (11.4: multiple vulnerabilities), wireshark (11.4: multiple vulnerabilities), libqt4 (12.2; 12.1: information disclosure), libotr (11.4: code execution), mariadb (11.4: code/command execution), gegl (11.4: code execution), tomcat (12.2; 12.1: multiple vulnerabilities), squid3 (denial of service), freetype (12.2: multiple vulnerabilities), bogofilter (11.4: denial of service), icinga (12.2: code execution), opera (11.4: multiple vulnerabilities), libreoffice (11.4: code execution), icedtea-web (11.4: code execution), mozilla (11.4: multiple vulnerabilities), horde3-kronolith (11.4: cross-site scripting), freetype2 (12.1: multiple vulnerabilities), and libxml2 (11.4: code execution). Oracle has updated vino (OL6: multiple vulnerabilities) and mysql (OL5: multiple vulnerabilities). Red Hat has updated kernel (RHEL5: multiple vulnerabilities) and mysql (RHEL5: multiple vulnerabilities). Slackware has updated mysql (multiple vulnerabilities). SUSE has updated WebYaST (information disclosure). Ubuntu has updated firefox (fixes a regression in previous update). (Comment on this)
8:13p	[$] LightZone reborn as free software One of the first high-quality raw photo editors available for Linux desktops was LightZone, but although it was (initially) free of charge, it was a proprietary product. Unfortunately the small company behind it eventually folded, and both the free and paid versions went away, as did the updates required to support newer cameras. The company shut its doors for good in 2011, but the software has made a sudden—and unexpected—comeback as an open source project. Fans of the original will be pleased, but the nascent effort still has considerable work ahead before it grows into a self-sustaining community project. (Comment on this)

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