Software-update: IPFire 2.29 - Core Update 194

IPFire is een opensourcefirewall voor i586-, x86_64- en Arm-systemen. Het bevat onder andere een intrusion detection/prevention system, deelt het netwerk op in zones, doet stateful packet inspection en biedt vpn-mogelijkheden. Voor meer informatie verwijzen we naar deze pagina. De ontwikkelaars hebben versie 2.29 Core Update 194 uitgebracht, een stabiele uitgave voor productiesystemen. De bijbehorende releasenotes zien er als volgt uit:

IPFire 2.29 - Core Update 194 released

We are proud to announce the release of IPFire 2.29 – Core Update 194, the latest update to our secure and high-performance Open Source firewall. This version comes with a number of important improvements and bug fixes, continuing our commitment to building a fast, reliable, and secure platform for networks of all sizes. As always, our focus is on delivering meaningful upgrades that enhance security and usability without unnecessary complexity.

• This release rebases the IPFire kernel on Linux 6.12.23 which brings various security and stability fixes.
• Stephen Cuka has contributed a large update for the Pakfire page. The controls have been tidied up and made clearer and the translation of various languages has been improved.
• Firewall: Outgoing connections using an Alias IP address will not longer be NATed to the default IP address on RED
• The IPsec host certificate renewal process will now correctly update any internal files
• libidn has been replaced with libidn2 throughout the entire distribution
• Updated packages: abseil-cpp 20250127.0, BIND 9.20.8, ca-certificates 20250317, cairo 1.18.4, dbus 1.16.2, expat 2.7.1 which includes a fix for CVE-2024-8176, gdbm 1.25, gettext 0.24, harfbuzz 11.0.0, hwdata 0.393, iana-etc 20250311, iproute2 6.14.0, jansson 2.14.1, kmod 34.2, libarchive 3.7.9, libcap 2.75, libedit 20250104-3.1, libhtp 0.5.50, libseccomp 2.6.0, liburcu 0.15.1, libusb 1.0.28, libxml2 2.14.0, LVM2 2.03.31, mpfr 4.2.2, pango 1.56.3, procps 4.0.5, shadow 4.17.4, suricata 7.0.10, tzdata 2025b, util-linux 2.41, xz 5.8.1 which includes a fix for CVE-2025-31115
• Zabbix has been updated to 7.0.11 LTS. This is a major release update to the next LTS version and breaks compatibility with Zabbix Server 6.x.
• Updated add-ons:
  • Bacula 15.0.2
  • cifs-utils 7.3
  • FFmpeg 7.1.1
  • Git 2.49.0
  • mpd 0.24.3
  • mympd 20.1.2
  • OVMF 2025.02-1
  • Samba 4.22.0

Versienummer	2.29 - Core Update 194
Releasestatus	Final
Besturingssystemen	Linux
Website	IPFire
Download	https://www.ipfire.org/downloads/ipfire-2.29-core194
Licentietype	Voorwaarden (GNU/BSD/etc.)