May 2024 - Announce - AlmaLinux List Archives

[Security Advisory] ALSA-2024:2569: grafana-pcp security update (Important)
by AlmaLinux Errata Notifications 07 May '24

07 May '24

Hi, You are receiving an AlmaLinux Security update email because you subscribed to receive errata notifications from AlmaLinux. AlmaLinux: 9 Type: Security Severity: Important Release date: 2024-05-07 Summary: grafana-pcp is an open source Grafana plugin for PCP. Security Fix(es): * grafana-pcp: golang-fips/openssl: Memory leaks in code encrypting and decrypting RSA payloads (CVE-2024-1394) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section. Full details, updated packages, references, and other related information: https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2024-2569.html This message is automatically generated, please don’t reply. For further questions, please, contact us via the AlmaLinux community chat: https://chat.almalinux.org/. Want to change your notification settings? Sign in and manage mailing lists on https://lists.almalinux.org. Kind regards, AlmaLinux Team

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[Security Advisory] ALSA-2024:2337: python3.11-cryptography security update (Moderate)
by AlmaLinux Errata Notifications 07 May '24

07 May '24

Hi, You are receiving an AlmaLinux Security update email because you subscribed to receive errata notifications from AlmaLinux. AlmaLinux: 9 Type: Security Severity: Moderate Release date: 2024-05-07 Summary: The python-cryptography packages contain a Python Cryptographic Authority's (PyCA's) cryptography library, which provides cryptographic primitives and recipes to Python developers. Security Fix(es): * python-cryptography: NULL-dereference when loading PKCS7 certificates (CVE-2023-49083) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section. Additional Changes: For detailed information on changes in this release, see the AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section. Full details, updated packages, references, and other related information: https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2024-2337.html This message is automatically generated, please don’t reply. For further questions, please, contact us via the AlmaLinux community chat: https://chat.almalinux.org/. Want to change your notification settings? Sign in and manage mailing lists on https://lists.almalinux.org. Kind regards, AlmaLinux Team

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[Security Advisory] ALSA-2024:2290: mutt security update (Moderate)
by AlmaLinux Errata Notifications 07 May '24

07 May '24

Hi, You are receiving an AlmaLinux Security update email because you subscribed to receive errata notifications from AlmaLinux. AlmaLinux: 9 Type: Security Severity: Moderate Release date: 2024-05-07 Summary: Mutt is a low resource, highly configurable, text-based MIME e-mail client. Mutt supports most e-mail storing formats, such as mbox and Maildir, as well as most protocols, including POP3 and IMAP. Security Fix(es): * mutt: null pointer dereference (CVE-2023-4874) * mutt: null pointer dereference (CVE-2023-4875) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section. Additional Changes: For detailed information on changes in this release, see the AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section. Full details, updated packages, references, and other related information: https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2024-2290.html This message is automatically generated, please don’t reply. For further questions, please, contact us via the AlmaLinux community chat: https://chat.almalinux.org/. Want to change your notification settings? Sign in and manage mailing lists on https://lists.almalinux.org. Kind regards, AlmaLinux Team

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[Security Advisory] ALSA-2024:2211: tcpdump security update (Moderate)
by AlmaLinux Errata Notifications 07 May '24

07 May '24

Hi, You are receiving an AlmaLinux Security update email because you subscribed to receive errata notifications from AlmaLinux. AlmaLinux: 9 Type: Security Severity: Moderate Release date: 2024-05-07 Summary: The tcpdump packages contain the tcpdump utility for monitoring network traffic. The tcpdump utility can capture and display the packet headers on a particular network interface or on all interfaces. Security Fix(es): * tcpslice: use-after-free in extract_slice() (CVE-2021-41043) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section. Additional Changes: For detailed information on changes in this release, see the AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section. Full details, updated packages, references, and other related information: https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2024-2211.html This message is automatically generated, please don’t reply. For further questions, please, contact us via the AlmaLinux community chat: https://chat.almalinux.org/. Want to change your notification settings? Sign in and manage mailing lists on https://lists.almalinux.org. Kind regards, AlmaLinux Team

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[Security Advisory] ALSA-2024:2272: containernetworking-plugins security update (Moderate)
by AlmaLinux Errata Notifications 07 May '24

07 May '24

Hi, You are receiving an AlmaLinux Security update email because you subscribed to receive errata notifications from AlmaLinux. AlmaLinux: 9 Type: Security Severity: Moderate Release date: 2024-05-07 Summary: The Container Network Interface (CNI) project consists of a specification and libraries for writing plug-ins for configuring network interfaces in Linux containers, along with a number of supported plug-ins. CNI concerns itself only with network connectivity of containers and removing allocated resources when the container is deleted. Security Fix(es): * golang: net/http/internal: Denial of Service (DoS) via Resource Consumption via HTTP requests (CVE-2023-39326) * golang: crypto/tls: Timing Side Channel attack in RSA based TLS key exchanges. (CVE-2023-45287) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section. Additional Changes: For detailed information on changes in this release, see the AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section. Full details, updated packages, references, and other related information: https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2024-2272.html This message is automatically generated, please don’t reply. For further questions, please, contact us via the AlmaLinux community chat: https://chat.almalinux.org/. Want to change your notification settings? Sign in and manage mailing lists on https://lists.almalinux.org. Kind regards, AlmaLinux Team

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[Security Advisory] ALSA-2024:2170: xorg-x11-server-Xwayland security update (Moderate)
by AlmaLinux Errata Notifications 07 May '24

07 May '24

Hi, You are receiving an AlmaLinux Security update email because you subscribed to receive errata notifications from AlmaLinux. AlmaLinux: 9 Type: Security Severity: Moderate Release date: 2024-05-07 Summary: Xwayland is an X server for running X clients under Wayland. Security Fix(es): * xorg-x11-server: Out-of-bounds write in XIChangeDeviceProperty/RRChangeOutputProperty (CVE-2023-5367) * xorg-x11-server: out-of-bounds memory reads/writes in XKB button actions (CVE-2023-6377) * xorg-x11-server: out-of-bounds memory read in RRChangeOutputProperty and RRChangeProviderProperty (CVE-2023-6478) * xorg-x11-server: Heap buffer overflow in DeviceFocusEvent and ProcXIQueryPointer (CVE-2023-6816) * xorg-x11-server: reattaching to different master device may lead to out-of-bounds memory access (CVE-2024-0229) * xorg-x11-server: SELinux unlabeled GLX PBuffer (CVE-2024-0408) * xorg-x11-server: SELinux context corruption (CVE-2024-0409) * xorg-x11-server: heap buffer overflow in XISendDeviceHierarchyEvent (CVE-2024-21885) * xorg-x11-server: heap buffer overflow in DisableDevice (CVE-2024-21886) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section. Additional Changes: For detailed information on changes in this release, see the AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section. Full details, updated packages, references, and other related information: https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2024-2170.html This message is automatically generated, please don’t reply. For further questions, please, contact us via the AlmaLinux community chat: https://chat.almalinux.org/. Want to change your notification settings? Sign in and manage mailing lists on https://lists.almalinux.org. Kind regards, AlmaLinux Team

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[Security Advisory] ALSA-2024:2180: runc security update (Moderate)
by AlmaLinux Errata Notifications 07 May '24

07 May '24

Hi, You are receiving an AlmaLinux Security update email because you subscribed to receive errata notifications from AlmaLinux. AlmaLinux: 9 Type: Security Severity: Moderate Release date: 2024-05-07 Summary: The runC tool is a lightweight, portable implementation of the Open Container Format (OCF) that provides container runtime. Security Fix(es): * golang: io/fs: stack exhaustion in Glob (CVE-2022-30630) * golang: compress/gzip: stack exhaustion in Reader.Read (CVE-2022-30631) * golang: path/filepath: stack exhaustion in Glob (CVE-2022-30632) * golang: crypto/tls: Timing Side Channel attack in RSA based TLS key exchanges. (CVE-2023-45287) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section. Additional Changes: For detailed information on changes in this release, see the AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section. Full details, updated packages, references, and other related information: https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2024-2180.html This message is automatically generated, please don’t reply. For further questions, please, contact us via the AlmaLinux community chat: https://chat.almalinux.org/. Want to change your notification settings? Sign in and manage mailing lists on https://lists.almalinux.org. Kind regards, AlmaLinux Team

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[Security Advisory] ALSA-2024:2079: git-lfs security update (Important)
by AlmaLinux Errata Notifications 07 May '24

07 May '24

Hi, You are receiving an AlmaLinux Security update email because you subscribed to receive errata notifications from AlmaLinux. AlmaLinux: 9 Type: Security Severity: Important Release date: 2024-04-29 Summary: Git Large File Storage (LFS) replaces large files such as audio samples, videos, datasets, and graphics with text pointers inside Git, while storing the file contents on a remote server. Security Fix(es): * golang: net/http, x/net/http2: unlimited number of CONTINUATION frames causes DoS (CVE-2023-45288,VU#421644.3) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section. Full details, updated packages, references, and other related information: https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2024-2079.html This message is automatically generated, please don’t reply. For further questions, please, contact us via the AlmaLinux community chat: https://chat.almalinux.org/. Want to change your notification settings? Sign in and manage mailing lists on https://lists.almalinux.org. Kind regards, AlmaLinux Team

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AlmaLinux 9.4 Stable now available!
by benny Vasquez 06 May '24

06 May '24

Hi everyone! The AlmaLinux OS Foundation is announcing the general availability of AlmaLinux OS 9.4 <https://mirrors.almalinux.org/isos.html> codenamed "Seafoam Ocelot"! Installation ISOs are available on the mirrors now for all 4 architectures: - Intel/AMD (x86_64) <https://mirrors.almalinux.org/isos/x86_64/9.4.html> - ARM64 (aarch64) <https://mirrors.almalinux.org/isos/aarch64/9.4.html> - IBM PowerPC (ppc64le) <https://mirrors.almalinux.org/isos/ppc64le/9.4.html> - IBM Z (s390x) <https://mirrors.almalinux.org/isos/s390x/9.4.html> Torrents are available as well at: - Intel/AMD (x86_64) <https://repo.almalinux.org/almalinux/9.4/isos/x86_64/AlmaLinux-9.4-x86_64.t…> - ARM64 (aarch64) <https://repo.almalinux.org/almalinux/9.4/isos/aarch64/AlmaLinux-9.4-aarch64…> - IBM PowerPC (ppc64le) <https://repo.almalinux.org/almalinux/9.4/isos/ppc64le/AlmaLinux-9.4-ppc64le…> - IBM Z (s390x) <https://repo.almalinux.org/almalinux/9.4/isos/s390x/AlmaLinux-9.4-s390x.tor…> <#How-we-build>How we build Matching release and software versions with Red Hat Enterprise Linux(RHEL), AlmaLinux builds from the same sources as RHEL, promises complete compatibility with RHEL, and does so from freely available open source code. This makes it the only choice for anyone looking for a truly open source Enterprise Linux. If you are looking for a deeper undertanding of how AlmaLinux is built, watch this 23 minute video of our Lead Architech explaining in detail at AlmaLinux Day: Germany <https://almalinux.org/almalinux-day-germany-2024/>, earlier this year. https://youtu.be/aMvI5E9-LYI ISOs, Live Images, Cloud and Containers AlmaLinux also offers a variety of Cloud, Container and Live Images. The builds for these get kicked off as soon as the public repository was ready. The following images are expected to be available shortly. - Container <https://wiki.almalinux.org/containers/> images including Platform and UBIs alternatives. We provide a wide variety of containers for your use. - LXC/LXD <https://images.linuxcontainers.org/images/almalinux/> - Live Media <https://wiki.almalinux.org/LiveMedia.html> for GNOME, GNOME-mini, KDE, XFCE, MATE and more. - Cloud Images - AWS <https://wiki.almalinux.org/cloud/AWS.html> for x86_64 and AArch64 EC2 Instances - Azure <https://wiki.almalinux.org/cloud/Azure.html> for x86_64 and AArch64 VMs - Google Cloud <https://wiki.almalinux.org/cloud/Google.html> - Generic Cloud/Cloud-init <https://wiki.almalinux.org/cloud/Generic-cloud-on-local.html> for all 4 architectures - OpenNebula <https://wiki.almalinux.org/cloud/OpenNebula.html> for x86_64 and AArch64 architectures - Oracle Cloud Infrastructure <https://wiki.almalinux.org/cloud/OCI.html> for x86_64 and AArch64 Instances - Vagrant Boxes <https://app.vagrantup.com/almalinux>: - Libvirt - VirtualBox - Hyper-V - VMWare for x86_64 and AArch64 - Parallels for AArch64 - Raspberry Pi <https://wiki.almalinux.org/documentation/raspberry-pi.html> - Windows Subsystem for Linux <https://wiki.almalinux.org/documentation/wsl.html> for x86_64 and AArch64 <#Release-Notes-and-More-Information>Release Notes and More Information The AlmaLinux 9.4 introduces updates to enhance machine security and data protection. Enhancements in web-console and system roles automate additional operations and promote consistency in complex IT environments. The new release's features aim to improve system availability and reliability, facilitate easier recovery operations, and enhance virtual machine snapshot capabilities in hybrid cloud environments. The new system roles introduced enable the creation and management of logical volume manager (LVM) snapshots for improved data backup and recovery processes. Additionaly, updates in the 9.4 release continues to improve performance, scalability, and reliability for developers in building and managing applications. You can read the full release notes for this version on the wiki: AlmaLinux OS 9.4 Release Notes <https://wiki.almalinux.org/release-notes/9.4.html>. <#Renewing-support-for-upstream-deprecated-hardware>Renewing support for upstream deprecated hardware With AlmaLinux 9.4 we have also differentiated ourselves in another way. Our community has asked us to help them stay on updated operating systems by providing support for older hardware. - The following device drivers were modified to re-add PCI IDs for hardware disabled in upstream: - aacraid - Dell PERC2, 2/Si, 3/Si, 3/Di, Adaptec Advanced Raid Products, HP NetRAID-4M, IBM ServeRAID & ICP SCSI - be2iscsi - Emulex OneConnectOpen-iSCSI for BladeEngine 2 and 3 adapters - hpsa - HP Smart Array Controller - lpfc - Emulex LightPulse Fibre Channel SCSI - megaraid_sas - Broadcom MegaRAID SAS - mlx4_core - Mellanox Gen2 and ConnectX-2 adapters - mpt3sas - LSI MPT Fusion SAS 3.0 - mptsas - Fusion MPT SAS Host - qla2xxx - QLogic Fibre Channel HBA - qla4xxx - QLogic iSCSI HBA For a complete list of hardware support for which was added in this release, see the Extended hardware support <https://wiki.almalinux.org/release-notes/9.4.html#extended-hardware-support> section in the 9.4 release notes. While this list is quite comprehensive, we also welcome feedback from all of our users! If you use older hardware, does this list cover everything you need it to? If not, please share more here on the AlmaLinux Forums: Re-adding support for older hardware <https://almalinux.discourse.group/t/re-adding-support-for-older-hardware/38…> <#Pitch-In>Pitch In Join us in the AlmaLinux Community Chat <https://chat.almalinux.org> to get any assistance you need and help others. You can also post a question on our 9.4 Forum <https://almalinux.discourse.group/c/devel/9-stable/36>, on our AlmaLinux Community on Reddit <https://reddit.com/r/almalinux>, catch us on Twitter/X <https://twitter.com/almalinux> and follow us on Mastodon @almalinux@fosstodon.org <https://fosstodon.org/@almalinux> Please report any bugs you may see on the Bug Tracker <https://bugs.almalinux.org/>. Enjoy the release and have fun! benny Vasquez Chair, Board of Directors @AlmaLinux OS Foundation *I am sending this message now because it suits me, but I don’t expect that you will read, respond to, or act on it outside of comfortable hours for your time zone.*

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Announcing the new HPC and AI SIG
by benny Vasquez 02 May '24

02 May '24

Hi all! Today we announced the creation of our newest SIG, the HPC and AI SIG. Quoting today's blog post: > The AlmaLinux HPC and AI SIG is dedicated to supporting and guiding individuals and organizations in leveraging the full potential of AlmaLinux for their high-performance computing and artificial intelligence endeavors. If you're interested in checking it out, you can find details about it in today's blog post <https://almalinux.org/blog/2024-05-02-introducing-almalinux-hpc-ai-sig/>, or on the wiki <https://wiki.almalinux.org/sigs/HPCandAI.html>, and you can join the conversation in ~SIG/HPC & AI <https://chat.almalinux.org/almalinux/channels/sighpc--ai> on our mattermost chat, or on the mailing list <https://lists.almalinux.org/mailman3/lists/hpc-ai-sig.lists.almalinux.org/> . Thank you! benny Vasquez Chair, Board of Directors @AlmaLinux OS Foundation *I am sending this message now because it suits me, but I don’t expect that you will read, respond to, or act on it outside of comfortable hours for your time zone.*

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