Security fixes
- DLA-4686-1 dhcpcd5 for Debian 11 "Bullseye" . Bugs in dhcpcd5 could lead to denial of service and possibly data corruption. Fixed in
7.1.0-2+deb11u1. - DSA-6388-1 libxfont for Debian 13 "Trixie" . Bugs in libxfont could lead to arbitrary code execution in the X server context for authenticated X clients. Fixed in
1:2.0.6-1+deb13u1. - DSA-6389-1 ntfs-3g for Debian 13 "Trixie" . Bugs in ntfs-3g were fixed. A local user can take advantage of these flaws for local root privilege escalation. Fixed in
1:2022.10.3-5+deb13u2. - DLA-4685-1 grub2 for Debian 11 "Bullseye" . Bugs in grub2 could lead to crashes and potentially execution of arbitrary code. These could lead to bypass of UEFI Secure Boot on affected systems. Fixed in
2.06-3~deb11u7.
Announcements and releases
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Project and event news
No major project or event posts beyond the items above.
Notable discussions
No standout project-wide threads singled out for this day beyond routine packaging mail.
Debian in the news
- Q4OS 6.8 installation media released. Q4OS released updated 6.8 Andromeda installation media on July 15, based on Debian 13.6 Trixie. This downstream distribution—not an official Debian release—bundles cumulative updates, bug fixes and Q4OS-specific improvements. View on timeline
Quiet sources
Nothing new on debian-announce, debian-news, bits.debian.org or the official News page for this day. Debian 13 "Trixie" was the current stable release through this period (point releases noted on their own days).