The IPFire development team has announced the release of IPFire 2.29 Core Update 194, bringing significant security improvements and feature enhancements to the popular open-source firewall distribution. The IPFire team recommends that all users upgrade to this release as soon as possible to benefit from these security enhancements and improvements. Linux 6.12, first introduced to IPFire in Core Update 192, has already demonstrated improvements in encryption performance, with up to 162% faster AES-GCM encryption/decryption on supported Intel and AMD processors, directly benefiting IPsec throughput. This update, released on March 17, 2025, continues the project’s commitment to providing a secure, high-performance network security solution for organizations of all sizes. At the core of this release is the updated Linux kernel 6.12.23, which delivers important security and stability fixes. This change aligns with industry best practices, as libidn2 provides better compatibility with IDNA 2008 standards and offers enhanced security features compared to its predecessor. Cyber Security News is a Dedicated News Platform For Cyber News, Cyber Attack News, Hacking News & Vulnerability Analysis. The included expat 2.7.1 package fixes CVE-2024-8176, a stack overflow vulnerability in the libexpat library that could potentially lead to denial of service attacks or memory corruption when parsing XML documents with deeply nested entity references. For network monitoring, Zabbix has been updated to version 7.0.11 LTS, which introduces several bug fixes and improvements.
This Cyber News was published on cybersecuritynews.com. Publication date: Mon, 12 May 2025 16:10:06 +0000