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Forbes
2 days ago
- General
- Forbes
Linux Passwords Warning — 2 Critical Vulnerabilities, Millions At Risk
Beware this Linux password vulnerability. Although most critical security warnings that hit the headlines impact users of Microsoft's Windows operating systems, and occasionally Apple's iOS and macOS, Critical Linux security vulnerabilities are a much rarer occurrence. As news of not one, but two, such Linux vulnerabilities breaks, millions of users are advised that their passwords and encryption keys could be at risk of compromise. Here's what you need to know and do. When security experts from a renowned threat research unit discover not one, but two, critical local information disclosure vulnerabilities impacting millions of Linux users, it would be an understatement to say that this is a cause for concern. When those same security researchers develop proof of concepts for both vulnerabilities, across a handful of Linux operating systems, the concern level goes through the roof. The vulnerabilities, impacting the Ubuntu core-dump handler known as Apport, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 and 10, plus Fedora, with the systemd-coredump handler, are both of the race-condition variety. Put simply, this is where event timing can cause errors or behaviours that are unexpected at best, critically dangerous at worst. The vulnerabilities uncovered by the Qualys threat research unit fall into the latter category. Exploiting CVE-2025-5054 and CVE-2025-4598, Saeed Abbasi, a manager with the Qualys TRU, said, could 'allow a local attacker to exploit a Set-User-ID program and gain read access to the resulting core dump.' Because both impacted tools are designed to deal with crash reporting, they are well-known targets for attackers looking to exploit vulnerabilities to access the data contained within those core dumps. Abbasi conceded that there are plenty of modern mitigations against such risk, including systems that direct core dumps to secure locations, for example, 'systems running outdated or unpatched versions remain prime targets,' for the newly disclosed vulnerabilities. Abbasi went on to warn that the successful exploitation of these Linux vulnerabilities could lead to the extraction of 'sensitive data, like passwords, encryption keys, or customer information from core dumps.' All users are urged to mitigate that risk by prioritizing patching and increasing access controls. Abbasi said that when it comes to the Apport vulnerability, Ubuntu 24.04 is affected, including all versions of Apport up to 2.33.0 and every Ubuntu release since 16.04. For the systemd-coredump, vulnerability, meanwhile, Abbasi warned that Fedora 40/41, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9, and the recently released RHEL 10 are vulnerable. I have reached out to Canonical and Red Hat for a statement regarding the Linux password exposure threats.
Yahoo
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
The party continues in south London
We asked you to send in your pictures from Crystal Palace's FA Cup victory parade and party at Selhurst Park. Here are some of your images: Jake: Just amazing. The cup run was superb and the joy it has given our supporters is amazing. Oli is a legend. [BBC] Ian: At Selhurst Park with my 90-year-old mother, who went to her first game in 1952 and took me to my first game in 1969. She has her 1976 Fedora on and was at all three finals in 1990, 2016 and 2025. Neither of us can still quite believe Palace have won a trophy in our lifetime! Europe here we come. [BBC] Chris: Just fabulous. [BBC]
Arabian Post
04-05-2025
- Arabian Post
KDE Ends Long-Term Support for Plasma Desktop
KDE has officially ceased the long-term support releases of its Plasma desktop environment, marking a significant shift in its development strategy. The decision, confirmed during a developer sprint in Graz, Austria, reflects a move towards more frequent and uniformly supported releases, aligning with the project's evolving priorities and resource allocation. The discontinuation of LTS versions stems from multiple factors. Developers cited inconsistent expectations from users, challenges in maintaining older codebases, and the complexities of backporting fixes without introducing new issues. Nate Graham, a prominent KDE contributor, noted that LTS releases often involved backporting fixes 'usually without even testing them,' leading to potential stability concerns. Instead of LTS versions, KDE plans to extend the support period for regular Plasma releases. This approach includes adding an extra bug-fix release, increasing the number from five to six per cycle. The aim is to provide a more stable and reliable experience for users without the overhead of maintaining separate LTS branches. KDE is considering reducing the number of Plasma releases per year from three to two. This change would allow better alignment with major Linux distributions like Kubuntu and Fedora, facilitating smoother integration and testing processes. The decision also addresses the issue of users reporting bugs from LTS distributions to KDE developers, even when those issues stemmed from the distributions' packaging. By focusing on a unified release strategy, KDE aims to streamline support and development efforts.
Irish Independent
27-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Irish Independent
Irish composer Michael Gallen's ‘The Curing Line' wins Fedora Prize –world's largest award for new opera
The new opera, created by Straymaker – Mr Gallen's own company based in Monaghan – has won the prize of €100,000. The Fedora Opera Prize 2025 was presented at a ceremony at the Vienna State Opera on Saturday, April 26. The prize is awarded every two years for the best new opera in Europe, with the winner selected by an international jury of leading opera producers. Composer and director Michael Gallen (39), who is originally from Co Monaghan and now lives in south Co Mayo, told the Irish Independent he was 'shocked' to win the prestigious prize. 'From one point of view, it really felt like it was already a bit of a coup for us to be nominated for the award. Straymaker is a small artist-led independent company,' he said. "And normally, the fellow nominees and projects that have won the Fedora before have been supported by major European opera houses. So we really felt that it was already a win for us to be nominated, but I'm just thrilled that we've been selected for the prize. 'Aside from the significant financial contribution towards the opera, it puts our work on the radar of some of the major gatekeepers of European opera. The judging panel is made up of the heads of the Paris Opera and the Dutch National Opera, some of the largest opera institutions in the world. "So, it's really incredible to think that our work is now on that radar and that we have the opportunity to share it with a much wider and more diverse audience,' he added. The Curing Line is co-directed by Mr Gallen and American filmmaker Shawn Fitzgerald Ahern, and is produced by Irish producer Maura O'Keefe. The Fedora president, Stéphane Argyropoulos, who presented the award to Mr Gallen, Mr Fitzgerald and Ms O'Keeffe, said the project 'redefines the operatic genre by fusing tradition with multimedia innovation'. ADVERTISEMENT Meanwhile, the Fedora opera prize jury chair, Birgitta Svendén, said the 'theme for The Curing Line is more relevant than ever". "This project is deeply immersive and multisensorial, which gives the possibility to expand the boundaries of opera. "The narrative, the musical language and the staging will resonate to the audience of tomorrow,' she added. Minister for Arts Patrick O'Donovan added: "We are all very proud that Straymaker, a small company led by Michael Gallen, has been awarded this honour. I want to sincerely congratulate all involved.' The Curing Line, which is drawn from ethnographic research into Ireland's indigenous traditions of 'making cures', explores themes of healing, loss of culture and environmental collapse through the story of a woman who inherits a life-saving ancestral healing power but loses her capacity to use it. The premiere is planned for August 2026 at Kilkenny Arts Festival before touring in Ireland and internationally. The work of Michael Gallen is performed across the main stages and festivals of Europe in both contemporary classical and popular music settings. His opera Elsewhere, which premiered at the Abbey Theatre in 2021, was also nominated for the Fedora Prize that year.
Irish Times
26-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Irish Times
Fedora Prize 2025: Irish composer Michael Gallen wins €100,000 award for new opera
The Curing Line, by the Irish composer Michael Gallen , has won the €100,000 Fedora Prize, the world's largest award for new opera. The biannual prize, which was presented at Vienna State Opera on Saturday, was awarded by a jury that included the directors of the Paris Opera, Dutch National Opera, Danish National Theatre and Aix-en-Provence Festival. Fedora is a European circle of philanthropists who support opera and ballet. In presenting the award to Gallen, to the American choreographer Shawn Fitzgerald Ahern – who also directed the work with Gallen – and to the producer Maura O'Keeffe , the president of Fedora, Stéphane Argyropoulos, said that The Curing Line 'redefines the operatic genre by fusing tradition with multimedia innovation'. The opera, which draws on research into the Irish tradition of 'making cures', tells the story of a woman who loses the capacity to use her life-saving ancestral healing power. It asks whether, in regarding the human and the environment as separate, we are failing to acknowledge that fundamental parts of ourselves and our culture are becoming extinct. READ MORE The Swedish mezzo-soprano Birgitta Svendén, who chaired the jury, said, 'Here and now, the world is experiencing a turbulent and rather chaotic time. The theme for The Curing Line is more relevant than ever. What can we do as individuals, as communities, what can we learn from history and inherited traditions, how can we acknowledge the change we have to go through without losing hope for the future generations? 'The Curing Line will address many of the questions that we as human beings are faced with and do not have the answers for. This project is deeply immersive and multisensorial, which gives the possibility to expand the boundaries of opera. The narrative, the musical language and the staging will resonate to the audience of tomorrow.' Gallen, whose opera Elsewhere was nominated for the Fedora Prize in 2021, said at the ceremony that 'for our independent, artist-led work to be selected as the winner of the award gives us a huge rush of affirmation that will carry us forward not just with this project but with all of our future plans and ambitions'. [ Elsewhere review: Agitprop opera combines the serious and the comic Opens in new window ] Minister for Culture Patrick O'Donovan said, 'We are all very proud that Straymaker , a small company from the west of Ireland led by Michael Gallen, has been awarded this honour. I want to sincerely congratulate all involved.' The director of the Arts Council , Maureen Kennelly, also congratulated Gallen and his collaborators. 'In recent years we have been honoured to support his work in many ways, and we are delighted that this award will bring an even wider audience to his ground-breaking work. Opera in Ireland is going through a very exciting period as exemplified by Michael's visionary work.' Gallen, who was born in Monaghan and now lives in Co Mayo with his wife and son, wrote the libretto for The Curing Line, which is in Irish and English, with the poet Annemarie Ní Churreáin . The opera is produced by Straymaker in association with Kilkenny Arts Festival , the Irish Cultural Centre in Paris, Miroirs Étendus, Once Off Productions and Copenhagen Opera Festival. Its development has been supported by the Arts Council and Creative Monaghan, and the premiere is planned for Kilkenny Arts Festival in August 2026. Gallen's other recent commissions include new work for Radio France, the National Orchestra of Brittany, the Irish National Symphony Orchestra and Ulster Orchestra. A new album of his songs, Sudden Wells, is due for release in 2026.
