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ALESCo meeting and Board Q&A
by benny Vasquez 14 May '25

14 May '25

Hey friends! Just wanted to give y'all a heads up on two things coming up this week. First, ALESCo is meeting tomorrow <https://events.almalinux.org/event/130/> and has a slew of very important and consequential things to talk about. We'd love to have your input, either as comments on the pull requests or by joining the meeting: 1. RFC: Enable CRB by default for AlmaLinux 10+ <https://github.com/AlmaLinux/ALESCo/pull/10> 2. RFC: Enable Btrfs as a tech preview <https://github.com/AlmaLinux/ALESCo/pull/9> 3. RFC: Build NVIDIA Open Source Drivers and Ship Repo Config for AlmaLinux <https://github.com/AlmaLinux/ALESCo/pull/8> 4. RFC: Use dynamic workspace indicator on GNOME <https://github.com/AlmaLinux/ALESCo/pull/6> 5. RFC: Enable KVM on AlmaLinux 9 on ppc64le <https://github.com/AlmaLinux/ALESCo/pull/3> Second, we're holding elections later this year <https://almalinux.org/blog/2025-04-24-election-announcement/>. Come talk to me, Alex, and Jack on Thursday about what it's like to be on the AlmaLinux OS Foundation board, and how you can get involved! https://events.almalinux.org/event/129/ Thanks! 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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[Security Advisory] ALSA-2025:3855: java-21-openjdk security update (Moderate)
by AlmaLinux Errata Notifications 14 May '25

14 May '25

Hi, You are receiving an AlmaLinux Security update email because you subscribed to receive errata notifications from AlmaLinux. AlmaLinux: 8 Type: Security Severity: Moderate Release date: 2025-05-08 Summary: The OpenJDK 21 packages provide the OpenJDK 21 Java Runtime Environment and the OpenJDK 21 Java Software Development Kit. Security Fix(es): * JDK: Better TLS connection support (CVE-2025-21587) * JDK: Improve compiler transformations (CVE-2025-30691) * JDK: Enhance Buffered Image handling (CVE-2025-30698) 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/8/ALSA-2025-3855.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-2025:3852: java-17-openjdk security update (Moderate)
by AlmaLinux Errata Notifications 14 May '25

14 May '25

Hi, You are receiving an AlmaLinux Security update email because you subscribed to receive errata notifications from AlmaLinux. AlmaLinux: 8 Type: Security Severity: Moderate Release date: 2025-05-08 Summary: The java-17-openjdk packages provide the OpenJDK 17 Java Runtime Environment and the OpenJDK 17 Java Software Development Kit. Security Fix(es): * JDK: Better TLS connection support (CVE-2025-21587) * JDK: Improve compiler transformations (CVE-2025-30691) * JDK: Enhance Buffered Image handling (CVE-2025-30698) 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/8/ALSA-2025-3852.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-2025:4443: firefox security update (Important)
by AlmaLinux Errata Notifications 14 May '25

14 May '25

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: 2025-05-12 Summary: Mozilla Firefox is an open-source web browser, designed for standards compliance, performance, and portability. Security Fix(es): * firefox: thunderbird: Privilege escalation in Firefox Updater (CVE-2025-2817) * firefox: thunderbird: Unsafe attribute access during XPath parsing (CVE-2025-4087) * firefox: thunderbird: Process isolation bypass using "javascript:" URI links in cross-origin frames (CVE-2025-4083) * firefox: thunderbird: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 138, Thunderbird 138, Firefox ESR 128.10, and Thunderbird 128.10 (CVE-2025-4091) * firefox: thunderbird: Memory safety bug fixed in Firefox ESR 128.10 and Thunderbird 128.10 (CVE-2025-4093) 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-2025-4443.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-2025:4797: thunderbird security update (Important)
by AlmaLinux Errata Notifications 14 May '25

14 May '25

Hi, You are receiving an AlmaLinux Security update email because you subscribed to receive errata notifications from AlmaLinux. AlmaLinux: 8 Type: Security Severity: Important Release date: 2025-05-13 Summary: Mozilla Thunderbird is a standalone mail and newsgroup client. Security Fix(es): * firefox: thunderbird: Privilege escalation in Firefox Updater (CVE-2025-2817) * firefox: thunderbird: Unsafe attribute access during XPath parsing (CVE-2025-4087) * firefox: thunderbird: Process isolation bypass using "javascript:" URI links in cross-origin frames (CVE-2025-4083) * firefox: thunderbird: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 138, Thunderbird 138, Firefox ESR 128.10, and Thunderbird 128.10 (CVE-2025-4091) * firefox: thunderbird: Memory safety bug fixed in Firefox ESR 128.10 and Thunderbird 128.10 (CVE-2025-4093) 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/8/ALSA-2025-4797.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-2025:4791: python39:3.9 security update (Moderate)
by AlmaLinux Errata Notifications 14 May '25

14 May '25

Hi, You are receiving an AlmaLinux Security update email because you subscribed to receive errata notifications from AlmaLinux. AlmaLinux: 8 Type: Security Severity: Moderate Release date: 2025-05-13 Summary: Python is an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language, which includes modules, classes, exceptions, very high level dynamic data types and dynamic typing. Python supports interfaces to many system calls and libraries, as well as to various windowing systems. Security Fix(es): * mod_wsgi: Trusted Proxy Headers Removing Bypass (CVE-2022-2255) 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/8/ALSA-2025-4791.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-2025:4649: thunderbird security update (Important)
by AlmaLinux Errata Notifications 13 May '25

13 May '25

Hi, You are receiving an AlmaLinux Security update email because you subscribed to receive errata notifications from AlmaLinux. AlmaLinux: 8 Type: Security Severity: Important Release date: 2025-05-08 Summary: Mozilla Thunderbird is a standalone mail and newsgroup client. Security Fix(es): * thunderbird: User Interface (UI) Misrepresentation of attachment URL (CVE-2025-3523) * thunderbird: Information Disclosure of /tmp directory listing (CVE-2025-2830) * thunderbird: Leak of hashed Window credentials via crafted attachment URL (CVE-2025-3522) 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/8/ALSA-2025-4649.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-2025:4460: thunderbird security update (Important)
by AlmaLinux Errata Notifications 13 May '25

13 May '25

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: 2025-05-12 Summary: Mozilla Thunderbird is a standalone mail and newsgroup client. Security Fix(es): * firefox: thunderbird: Privilege escalation in Firefox Updater (CVE-2025-2817) * firefox: thunderbird: Unsafe attribute access during XPath parsing (CVE-2025-4087) * firefox: thunderbird: Process isolation bypass using "javascript:" URI links in cross-origin frames (CVE-2025-4083) * firefox: thunderbird: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 138, Thunderbird 138, Firefox ESR 128.10, and Thunderbird 128.10 (CVE-2025-4091) * firefox: thunderbird: Memory safety bug fixed in Firefox ESR 128.10 and Thunderbird 128.10 (CVE-2025-4093) 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-2025-4460.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-2025:4458: firefox security update (Important)
by AlmaLinux Errata Notifications 13 May '25

13 May '25

Hi, You are receiving an AlmaLinux Security update email because you subscribed to receive errata notifications from AlmaLinux. AlmaLinux: 8 Type: Security Severity: Important Release date: 2025-05-08 Summary: Mozilla Firefox is an open-source web browser, designed for standards compliance, performance, and portability. Security Fix(es): * firefox: thunderbird: Privilege escalation in Firefox Updater (CVE-2025-2817) * firefox: thunderbird: Unsafe attribute access during XPath parsing (CVE-2025-4087) * firefox: thunderbird: Process isolation bypass using "javascript:" URI links in cross-origin frames (CVE-2025-4083) * firefox: thunderbird: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 138, Thunderbird 138, Firefox ESR 128.10, and Thunderbird 128.10 (CVE-2025-4091) * firefox: thunderbird: Memory safety bug fixed in Firefox ESR 128.10 and Thunderbird 128.10 (CVE-2025-4093) 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/8/ALSA-2025-4458.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-2025:4787: emacs security update (Moderate)
by AlmaLinux Errata Notifications 13 May '25

13 May '25

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: 2025-05-12 Summary: GNU Emacs is a powerful, customizable, self-documenting text editor. It provides special code editing features, a scripting language (elisp), and the capability to read e-mail and news. Security Fix(es): * emacs: arbitrary code execution via Lisp macro expansion (CVE-2024-53920) 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-2025-4787.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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