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AlmaLinux 8.8 - Now Available
by Jonathan Wright 18 May '23

18 May '23

Hello Сommunity! The AlmaLinux OS Foundation is proud to announce the general availability of AlmaLinux OS 8.8 <https://mirrors.almalinux.org/isos.html> codenamed “Sapphire Caracal”! Installation ISOs are available on the mirrors now for all 4 architectures: - Intel/AMD (x86_64) <https://mirrors.almalinux.org/isos/x86_64/8.8.html> - ARM64 (aarch64) <https://mirrors.almalinux.org/isos/aarch64/8.8.html> - IBM PowerPC (ppc64le) <https://mirrors.almalinux.org/isos/ppc64le/8.8.html> - IBM Z (s390x) <https://mirrors.almalinux.org/isos/s390x/8.8.html> Torrents are available as well at: - Intel/AMD (x86_64) <https://repo.almalinux.org/almalinux/8.8/isos/x86_64/AlmaLinux-8.8-x86_64.t…> - ARM64 (aarch64) <https://repo.almalinux.org/almalinux/8.8/isos/aarch64/AlmaLinux-8.8-aarch64…> - IBM PowerPC (ppc64le) <https://repo.almalinux.org/almalinux/8.8/isos/ppc64le/AlmaLinux-8.8-ppc64le…> - IBM Z (s390x) <https://repo.almalinux.org/almalinux/8.8/isos/s390x/AlmaLinux-8.8-s390x.tor…> Update from Other AlmaLinux 8.x, ELevate from CentOS 7 Users of earlier versions of AlmaLinux 8.x can update to the latest version via dnf update or via graphical desktop tools in GNOME and KDE. Still on CentOS 7.x? Looking for a new home? Don’t wait, ELevate! AlmaLinux’s ELevate <https://almalinux.org/elevate/> enables migration from CentOS 7.x to AlmaLinux 8.x or 9.x, or another derivative. Running another 8.x? Move to AlmaLinux using almalinux-deploy <https://github.com/AlmaLinux/almalinux-deploy>. 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 is ready. *The following images are expected to be available shortly.* We will post a separate “Images Update” announcement soon, to keep the community informed. - Docker <https://wiki.almalinux.org/containers/docker-images.html#about-almalinux-do…> images including Platform and UBIs alternatives. We provide a wide variety of containers for your use. Please see our Docker Official Image <https://hub.docker.com/_/almalinux> as well as all AlmaLinux images <https://hub.docker.com/u/almalinux>. *IMPORTANT!* The latest and minimal tags now point to the latest AlmLinux 9 version. If you’re using these tags and want to stay on AlmaLinux 8 please update your Dockerfiles. - 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 AMIs <https://wiki.almalinux.org/cloud/AWS.html> for x86_64 and Graviton Instances - Azure <https://wiki.almalinux.org/cloud/Azure.html> Images for in standard and HPC flavors for x86_64 and aarch64 - 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 - Open Nebula <https://wiki.almalinux.org/cloud/OpenNebula.html> for all 4 architectures - Oracle Cloud Infrastructure <https://wiki.almalinux.org/cloud/OCI.html> for x86_64 and aarch64 - Vagrant Boxes <https://app.vagrantup.com/almalinux>: - Libvirt - VirtualBox - Hyper-V - VMWare - Parallels - Raspberry Pi <https://wiki.almalinux.org/documentation/raspberry-pi.html> - Windows Subsystem for Linux <https://wiki.almalinux.org/documentation/wsl.html> Release Notes and More Information AlmaLinux 8.8 brings enhancements and features that provide a more stable and secure open hybrid cloud foundation, to help deliver workloads, applications and services for multiple environments faster and with less effort. Realmd system role, OpenSCAP and other security-related updates allow simple management of security and compliance. Improvements to application streams provide compilers, runtime languages, databases and web server updates. This release also continues to make it easier to automate and standardize systems with enhancements to the web console and new system roles. New container capabilities allow the development and management of containerized deployments more easily. You can read more about this release by checking out the Release Notes <https://wiki.almalinux.org/release-notes/8.8.html>. Join us on Mastodon! Have you jumped on Mastodon yet? Follow us! @almalinux@fosstodon.org <https://fosstodon.org/@almalinux> 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 8.8 Forum <https://almalinux.discourse.group/c/devel/8-8-stable/41> or on our AlmaLinux Community on Reddit <https://reddit.com/r/almalinux>. Catch us on Twitter <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/>. As always, an extra special thank you to the Fedora and RHEL teams at Red Hat, in the community and beyond. We stand on the shoulders of giants. Happy Hacking! -- Jonathan Wright AlmaLinux Foundation Mattermost: chat <https://chat.almalinux.org/almalinux/messages/@jonathan>

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[Security Advisory] ALSA-2023:2204: Image Builder security, bug fix, and enhancement update (Moderate)
by AlmaLinux Errata Notifications 13 May '23

13 May '23

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: 2023-05-12 Summary: Image Builder is a service for building customized OS artifacts, such as VM images and OSTree commits, that uses osbuild under the hood. Security Fix(es): * golang: archive/tar: unbounded memory consumption when reading headers (CVE-2022-2879) * golang: net/http/httputil: ReverseProxy should not forward unparseable query parameters (CVE-2022-2880) * golang: net/http: handle server errors after sending GOAWAY (CVE-2022-27664) * golang: regexp/syntax: limit memory used by parsing regexps (CVE-2022-41715) * golang: net/http: An attacker can cause excessive memory growth in a Go server accepting HTTP/2 requests (CVE-2022-41717) 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-2023-2204.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-2023:2519: samba security, bug fix, and enhancement update (Low)
by AlmaLinux Errata Notifications 13 May '23

13 May '23

Hi, You are receiving an AlmaLinux Security update email because you subscribed to receive errata notifications from AlmaLinux. AlmaLinux: 9 Type: Security Severity: Low Release date: 2023-05-12 Summary: Samba is an open-source implementation of the Server Message Block (SMB) protocol and the related Common Internet File System (CIFS) protocol, which allow PC-compatible machines to share files, printers, and various information. The following packages have been upgraded to a later upstream version: samba (4.17.5). (BZ#2131993) Security Fix(es): * samba: GnuTLS gnutls_rnd() can fail and give predictable random values (CVE-2022-1615) 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-2023-2519.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-2023:2249: xorg-x11-server-Xwayland security update (Moderate)
by AlmaLinux Errata Notifications 13 May '23

13 May '23

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: 2023-05-12 Summary: Xwayland is an X server for running X clients under Wayland. Security Fix(es): * xorg-x11-server: buffer overflow in _GetCountedString() in xkb/xkb.c (CVE-2022-3550) * xorg-x11-server: XkbGetKbdByName use-after-free (CVE-2022-4283) * xorg-x11-server: XTestSwapFakeInput stack overflow (CVE-2022-46340) * xorg-x11-server: XIPassiveUngrab out-of-bounds access (CVE-2022-46341) * xorg-x11-server: XvdiSelectVideoNotify use-after-free (CVE-2022-46342) * xorg-x11-server: ScreenSaverSetAttributes use-after-free (CVE-2022-46343) * xorg-x11-server: XIChangeProperty out-of-bounds access (CVE-2022-46344) * xorg-x11-server: DeepCopyPointerClasses use-after-free leads to privilege elevation (CVE-2023-0494) * xorg-x11-server: memory leak in ProcXkbGetKbdByName() in xkb/xkb.c (CVE-2022-3551) 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-2023-2249.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-2023:2202: frr security, bug fix, and enhancement update (Moderate)
by AlmaLinux Errata Notifications 12 May '23

12 May '23

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: 2023-05-12 Summary: FRRouting is free software that manages TCP/IP based routing protocols. It supports BGP4, OSPFv2, OSPFv3, ISIS, RIP, RIPng, PIM, NHRP, PBR, EIGRP and BFD. The following packages have been upgraded to a later upstream version: frr (8.3.1). (BZ#2129731) Security Fix(es): * frr: out-of-bounds read in the BGP daemon may lead to information disclosure or denial of service (CVE-2022-37032) 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-2023-2202.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-2023:2248: xorg-x11-server security and bug fix update (Moderate)
by AlmaLinux Errata Notifications 12 May '23

12 May '23

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: 2023-05-12 Summary: X.Org is an open-source implementation of the X Window System. It provides the basic low-level functionality that full-fledged graphical user interfaces are designed upon. Security Fix(es): * xorg-x11-server: buffer overflow in _GetCountedString() in xkb/xkb.c (CVE-2022-3550) * xorg-x11-server: XkbGetKbdByName use-after-free (CVE-2022-4283) * xorg-x11-server: XTestSwapFakeInput stack overflow (CVE-2022-46340) * xorg-x11-server: XIPassiveUngrab out-of-bounds access (CVE-2022-46341) * xorg-x11-server: XvdiSelectVideoNotify use-after-free (CVE-2022-46342) * xorg-x11-server: ScreenSaverSetAttributes use-after-free (CVE-2022-46343) * xorg-x11-server: XIChangeProperty out-of-bounds access (CVE-2022-46344) * xorg-x11-server: DeepCopyPointerClasses use-after-free leads to privilege elevation (CVE-2023-0494) * xorg-x11-server: memory leak in ProcXkbGetKbdByName() in xkb/xkb.c (CVE-2022-3551) 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-2023-2248.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-2023:2216: gdk-pixbuf2 security update (Moderate)
by AlmaLinux Errata Notifications 12 May '23

12 May '23

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: 2023-05-12 Summary: The gdk-pixbuf2 packages provide an image loading library that can be extended by loadable modules for new image formats. It is used by toolkits such as GTK+ or clutter. Security Fix(es): * gdk-pixbuf: heap-buffer overflow when decoding the lzw compressed stream of image data (CVE-2021-44648) * gdk-pixbuf: heap-based buffer overflow when compositing or clearing frames in GIF files (CVE-2021-46829) 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-2023-2216.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-2023:2236: toolbox security and bug fix update (Moderate)
by AlmaLinux Errata Notifications 12 May '23

12 May '23

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: 2023-05-12 Summary: Toolbox is a tool for Linux operating systems, which allows the use of containerized command line environments. It is built on top of Podman and other standard container technologies from OCI. Security Fix(es): * golang: net/http: handle server errors after sending GOAWAY (CVE-2022-27664) * golang: net/http: An attacker can cause excessive memory growth in a Go server accepting HTTP/2 requests (CVE-2022-41717) * golang: math/big: decoding big.Float and big.Rat types can panic if the encoded message is too short, potentially allowing a denial of service (CVE-2022-32189) 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-2023-2236.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-2023:2222: conmon security and bug fix update (Moderate)
by AlmaLinux Errata Notifications 12 May '23

12 May '23

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: 2023-05-12 Summary: Conmon is an OCI container runtime monitor. Security Fix(es): * golang: net/http: excessive memory growth in a Go server accepting HTTP/2 requests (CVE-2022-41717) 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-2023-2222.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-2023:2234: sysstat security and bug fix update (Moderate)
by AlmaLinux Errata Notifications 12 May '23

12 May '23

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: 2023-05-12 Summary: The sysstat packages provide the sar and iostat commands. These commands enable system monitoring of disk, network, and other I/O activity. Security Fix(es): * sysstat: arithmetic overflow in allocate_structures() on 32 bit systems (CVE-2022-39377) 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-2023-2234.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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