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| Deadline | Event Dates | Event | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
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| December 16 | April 12 April 13 |
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| Date(s) | Event | Location |
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| October 30 November 3 |
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| November 3 November 4 |
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| November 3 November 5 |
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| November 4 November 5 |
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Security updates
Alert summary October 26, 2023 to November 1, 2023
| Dist. | ID | Release | Package | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | DSA-5536-1 | stable | chromium | 2023-10-26 |
| Debian | DLA-3640-1 | LTS | distro-info | 2023-10-30 |
| Debian | DLA-3639-1 | LTS | distro-info-data | 2023-10-30 |
| Debian | DLA-3632-1 | LTS | firefox-esr | 2023-10-27 |
| Debian | DSA-5535-1 | stable | firefox-esr | 2023-10-25 |
| Debian | DLA-3633-1 | LTS | gst-plugins-bad1.0 | 2023-10-28 |
| Debian | DLA-3638-1 | LTS | h2o | 2023-10-31 |
| Debian | DLA-3641-1 | LTS | jetty9 | 2023-10-30 |
| Debian | DSA-5540-1 | stable | jetty9 | 2023-10-30 |
| Debian | DLA-3635-1 | LTS | node-browserify-sign | 2023-10-29 |
| Debian | DSA-5539-1 | stable | node-browserify-sign | 2023-10-30 |
| Debian | DLA-3634-1 | LTS | nss | 2023-10-28 |
| Debian | DSA-5543-1 | stable | open-vm-tools | 2023-10-31 |
| Debian | DLA-3636-1 | LTS | openjdk-11 | 2023-10-29 |
| Debian | DSA-5537-1 | stable | openjdk-11 | 2023-10-27 |
| Debian | DLA-3643-1 | LTS | pmix | 2023-10-31 |
| Debian | DLA-3642-1 | LTS | request-tracker4 | 2023-10-31 |
| Debian | DSA-5542-1 | stable | request-tracker4 | 2023-10-30 |
| Debian | DSA-5541-1 | stable | request-tracker5 | 2023-10-30 |
| Debian | DLA-3637-1 | LTS | thunderbird | 2023-10-29 |
| Debian | DSA-5538-1 | stable | thunderbird | 2023-10-28 |
| Debian | DLA-3631-1 | LTS | xorg-server | 2023-10-25 |
| Debian | DSA-5544-1 | stable | zookeeper | 2023-10-31 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2023-a9062a0411 | F38 | chromium | 2023-10-29 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2023-fef2b8da32 | F37 | curl | 2023-10-28 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2023-4e191bea36 | F37 | firefox | 2023-10-27 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2023-7cdf31bb36 | F38 | firefox | 2023-10-26 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2023-ab43e2ce21 | F39 | golang-github-altree-bigfloat | 2023-10-31 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2023-ab43e2ce21 | F39 | golang-github-seancfoley-bintree | 2023-10-31 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2023-ab43e2ce21 | F39 | golang-github-seancfoley-ipaddress | 2023-10-31 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2023-ab43e2ce21 | F39 | kitty | 2023-10-31 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2023-e0ab860391 | F37 | mbedtls | 2023-10-26 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2023-b2c50535cb | F37 | nghttp2 | 2023-10-28 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2023-e9c04d81c1 | F37 | nodejs18 | 2023-10-26 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2023-f66fc0f62a | F37 | nodejs20 | 2023-10-26 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2023-4d2fd884ea | F38 | nodejs20 | 2023-10-26 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2023-8a9087f089 | F37 | redis | 2023-10-27 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2023-77ed1e26a4 | F38 | redis | 2023-10-27 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2023-fff0c857d6 | F37 | samba | 2023-10-27 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2023-1f851fa869 | F37 | slurm | 2023-10-31 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2023-234df8a1d4 | F38 | slurm | 2023-10-31 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2023-126cffa741 | F38 | thunderbird | 2023-10-31 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2023-881672fdab | F37 | xen | 2023-10-27 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2023-a4c606585e | F38 | xen | 2023-10-26 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2023-7a94186139 | F38 | xorg-x11-server-Xwayland | 2023-10-29 |
| Gentoo | 202310-21 | ConnMan | 2023-10-31 | |
| Gentoo | 202310-19 | Dovecot | 2023-10-30 | |
| Gentoo | 202311-01 | GitPython | 2023-11-01 | |
| Gentoo | 202310-18 | Rack | 2023-10-30 | |
| Gentoo | 202310-22 | Salt | 2023-10-31 | |
| Gentoo | 202310-15 | USBView | 2023-10-26 | |
| Gentoo | 202310-17 | UnZip | 2023-10-30 | |
| Gentoo | 202310-14 | libinput | 2023-10-26 | |
| Gentoo | 202310-23 | libxslt | 2023-10-31 | |
| Gentoo | 202310-20 | rxvt-unicode | 2023-10-30 | |
| Gentoo | 202310-16 | unifi | 2023-10-26 | |
| Mageia | MGASA-2023-0304 | 8, 9 | apache | 2023-10-27 |
| Mageia | MGASA-2023-0303 | 9 | bind | 2023-10-27 |
| Mageia | MGASA-2023-0306 | 9 | chromium-browser-stable | 2023-10-31 |
| Mageia | MGASA-2023-0302 | 8 | python-nltk | 2023-10-25 |
| Mageia | MGASA-2023-0305 | 8, 9 | vim | 2023-10-27 |
| Oracle | ELSA-2023-6162 | OL7 | firefox | 2023-10-31 |
| Oracle | ELSA-2023-6162 | OL7 | firefox | 2023-10-31 |
| Oracle | ELSA-2023-6187 | OL8 | firefox | 2023-10-31 |
| Oracle | ELSA-2023-5742 | OL8 | java-11-openjdk | 2023-10-31 |
| Oracle | ELSA-2023-5744 | OL9 | java-11-openjdk | 2023-10-31 |
| Oracle | ELSA-2023-5751 | OL8 | java-17-openjdk | 2023-10-31 |
| Oracle | ELSA-2023-5753 | OL9 | java-17-openjdk | 2023-10-31 |
| Oracle | ELSA-2023-6167 | OL9 | libguestfs-winsupport | 2023-10-31 |
| Oracle | ELSA-2023-5068 | OL9 | linux-firmware | 2023-10-26 |
| Oracle | ELSA-2023-6120 | OL9 | nginx:1.22 | 2023-10-31 |
| Oracle | ELSA-2023-5998 | OL8 | python39:3.9, python39-devel:3.9 | 2023-10-26 |
| Oracle | ELSA-2023-6193 | OL7 | thunderbird | 2023-10-31 |
| Oracle | ELSA-2023-6193 | OL7 | thunderbird | 2023-10-31 |
| Oracle | ELSA-2023-6194 | OL8 | thunderbird | 2023-10-31 |
| Oracle | ELSA-2023-6191 | OL9 | thunderbird | 2023-10-31 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2023:6162-01 | EL7 | firefox | 2023-10-30 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2023:6187-01 | EL8 | firefox | 2023-10-30 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2023:6189-01 | EL8.1 | firefox | 2023-10-30 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2023:6185-01 | EL8.2 | firefox | 2023-10-30 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2023:6190-01 | EL8.4 | firefox | 2023-10-30 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2023:6186-01 | EL8.6 | firefox | 2023-10-30 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2023:6188-01 | EL9 | firefox | 2023-10-30 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2023:6199-01 | EL9.0 | firefox | 2023-10-30 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2023:6167-01 | EL9 | libguestfs-winsupport | 2023-10-30 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2023:6168-01 | EL9.0 | libguestfs-winsupport | 2023-10-30 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2023:6120-01 | EL9 | nginx:1.22 | 2023-10-25 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2023:6209-01 | EL9.0 | samba | 2023-10-31 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2023:6193-01 | EL7 | thunderbird | 2023-10-30 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2023:6194-01 | EL8 | thunderbird | 2023-10-30 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2023:6198-01 | EL8.1 | thunderbird | 2023-10-30 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2023:6197-01 | EL8.2 | thunderbird | 2023-10-30 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2023:6196-01 | EL8.4 | thunderbird | 2023-10-30 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2023:6195-01 | EL8.6 | thunderbird | 2023-10-30 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2023:6191-01 | EL9 | thunderbird | 2023-10-30 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2023:6192-01 | EL9.0 | thunderbird | 2023-10-30 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2023:6022-01 | EL8.2 | varnish:6 | 2023-10-27 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2023:6021-01 | EL8.4 | varnish:6 | 2023-10-27 |
| Slackware | SSA:2023-299-01 | mozilla | 2023-10-26 | |
| Slackware | SSA:2023-299-02 | xorg | 2023-10-26 | |
| SUSE | openSUSE-SU-2023:0325-1 | osB15 | chromium | 2023-10-26 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2023:4297-1 | SLE12 | clamav | 2023-10-31 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2023:4309-1 | MP4.3 SLE15 SES7.1 | container-suseconnect | 2023-10-31 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2023:4214-1 | MP4.3 SLE15 SES7.1 oS15.4 oS15.5 | firefox | 2023-10-26 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2023:4212-1 | SLE12 | firefox | 2023-10-26 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2023:4213-1 | SLE15 | firefox | 2023-10-26 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2023:4287-1 | SLE12 SLE15 | gcc13 | 2023-10-31 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2023:4271-1 | SLE15 SLE-m5.5 oS15.5 | gstreamer-plugins-bad | 2023-10-30 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2023:3563-3 | MP4.2 MP4.3 SLE15 SLE-m5.1 SLE-m5.2 SLE-m5.3 SLE-m5.4 osM5.2 osM5.3 osM5.4 | icu73_2 | 2023-10-30 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2023:4198-1 | MP4.2 MP4.3 SLE15 SLE-m5.3 SLE-m5.4 SLE-m5.5 SES7.1 oS15.4 oS15.5 | java-11-openjdk | 2023-10-26 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2023:4289-1 | MP4.3 SLE15 oS15.4 oS15.5 | java-17-openjdk | 2023-10-31 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2023:4210-1 | MP4.3 SLE15 SES7.1 oS15.4 oS15.5 | jetty-minimal | 2023-10-26 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2023:4222-1 | oS15.3 oS15.4 oS15.5 | libnbd | 2023-10-27 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2023:4330-1 | MP4.2 MP4.3 SLE15 SLE-m5.3 SLE-m5.4 SLE-m5.5 SES7.1 oS15.4 oS15.5 | libsndfile | 2023-11-01 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2023:4331-1 | SLE12 | libsndfile | 2023-11-01 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2023:4200-1 | MP4.2 MP4.3 SLE15 SLE-m5.1 SLE-m5.2 SLE-m5.3 SLE-m5.4 SLE-m5.5 SES7.1 oS15.4 oS15.5 osM5.3 osM5.4 | nghttp2 | 2023-10-26 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2023:4199-1 | SLE12 | nghttp2 | 2023-10-26 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2023:4295-1 | SLE15 oS15.4 | nodejs10 | 2023-10-31 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2023:4259-1 | SLE12 | nodejs12 | 2023-10-30 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2023:4207-1 | SLE15 SES7.1 oS15.3 | nodejs18 | 2023-10-26 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2023:4227-1 | MP4.2 MP4.3 SLE15 SLE-m5.1 SLE-m5.2 SLE-m5.3 SLE-m5.4 SLE-m5.5 SES7.1 oS15.3 oS15.4 oS15.5 osM5.3 osM5.4 | open-vm-tools | 2023-10-27 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2023:4228-1 | SLE12 | open-vm-tools | 2023-10-27 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2023:4229-1 | SLE15 | open-vm-tools | 2023-10-27 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2023:4230-1 | SLE15 | open-vm-tools | 2023-10-27 |
| SUSE | openSUSE-SU-2023:0337-1 | oS15.4 | opera | 2023-10-29 |
| SUSE | openSUSE-SU-2023:0338-1 | oS15.5 | opera | 2023-10-29 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2023:4291-1 | SLE15 SLE-m5.5 oS15.5 | poppler | 2023-10-31 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2023:4270-1 | oS15.4 | poppler | 2023-10-30 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2023:4232-1 | OS8 SLE12 | python-Django | 2023-10-27 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2023:4220-1 | MP4.2 MP4.3 SLE15 SLE-m5.3 SLE-m5.4 SLE-m5.5 oS15.4 oS15.5 | python | 2023-10-26 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2023:4288-1 | MP4.3 SLE15 oS15.4 oS15.5 | python-Werkzeug | 2023-10-31 |
| SUSE | openSUSE-SU-2023:0334-1 | osB15 | python-bugzilla | 2023-10-27 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2023:4290-1 | MP4.3 SLE15 oS15.4 oS15.5 | redis | 2023-10-31 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2023:4329-1 | SLE15 oS15.4 oS15.5 | slurm | 2023-11-01 |
| SUSE | openSUSE-SU-2023:0328-1 | osB15 | sox | 2023-10-26 |
| SUSE | openSUSE-SU-2023:0329-1 | osB15 | sox | 2023-10-26 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2023:4302-1 | MP4.3 SLE15 SLE-m5.3 SLE-m5.4 SLE-m5.5 oS15.4 oS15.5 | thunderbird | 2023-10-31 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2023:4251-1 | MP4.3 SLE15 SES7.1 oS15.4 oS15.5 | vorbis-tools | 2023-10-30 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2023:4218-1 | SLE12 | vorbis-tools | 2023-10-26 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2023:4294-1 | MP4.3 SLE15 oS15.4 oS15.5 | webkit2gtk3 | 2023-10-31 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2023:4209-1 | SLE12 | webkit2gtk3 | 2023-10-26 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2023:4211-1 | SLE15 | webkit2gtk3 | 2023-10-26 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2023:4292-1 | MP4.3 SLE15 oS15.4 | xorg-x11-server | 2023-10-31 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2023:4269-1 | SLE12 | xorg-x11-server | 2023-10-30 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2023:4272-1 | SLE15 oS15.5 | xorg-x11-server | 2023-10-30 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2023:4293-1 | SLE15 oS15.4 | xwayland | 2023-10-31 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2023:4306-1 | SLE15 oS15.5 | xwayland | 2023-10-31 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2023:4224-1 | MP4.2 SLE15 SES7.1 | zchunk | 2023-10-27 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2023:4225-1 | MP4.3 SLE15 SLE-m5.3 SLE-m5.4 SLE-m5.5 oS15.4 oS15.5 osM5.3 osM5.4 | zchunk | 2023-10-27 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2023:4217-1 | MP4.2 MP4.3 SLE15 SLE-m5.1 SLE-m5.2 SLE-m5.3 SLE-m5.4 oS15.4 osM5.3 osM5.4 | zlib | 2023-10-26 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2023:4216-1 | SLE12 | zlib | 2023-10-26 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2023:4215-1 | SLE15 SLE-m5.5 oS15.5 | zlib | 2023-10-26 |
| Ubuntu | USN-6455-1 | 14.04 16.04 18.04 20.04 22.04 23.04 23.10 | exim4 | 2023-10-30 |
| Ubuntu | USN-6456-1 | 20.04 | firefox | 2023-10-30 |
| Ubuntu | USN-6460-1 | 14.04 | kernel | 2023-10-30 |
| Ubuntu | USN-6467-1 | 14.04 16.04 18.04 | krb5 | 2023-11-01 |
| Ubuntu | USN-6465-1 | 20.04 22.04 | linux, linux-aws, linux-aws-5.15, linux-azure, linux-azure-5.15, linux-azure-fde, linux-azure-fde-5.15, linux-gcp, linux-gcp-5.15, linux-gkeop, linux-gkeop-5.15, linux-hwe-5.15, linux-ibm, linux-ibm-5.15, linux-kvm, linux-lowlatency, linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15, linux-nvidia, linux-oracle, linux-oracle-5.15 | 2023-10-31 |
| Ubuntu | USN-6462-1 | 18.04 20.04 | linux, linux-aws, linux-aws-5.4, linux-azure, linux-azure-5.4, linux-bluefield, linux-gcp, linux-gcp-5.4, linux-gkeop, linux-hwe-5.4, linux-ibm, linux-ibm-5.4, linux-kvm, linux-oracle, linux-oracle-5.4, linux-raspi, linux-raspi-5.4, linux-xilinx-zynqmp | 2023-10-31 |
| Ubuntu | USN-6464-1 | 22.04 23.04 | linux, linux-aws, linux-aws-6.2, linux-azure, linux-azure-6.2, linux-azure-fde-6.2, linux-gcp, linux-gcp-6.2, linux-hwe-6.2, linux-kvm, linux-lowlatency, linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2, linux-oracle, linux-raspi, linux-starfive | 2023-10-31 |
| Ubuntu | USN-6454-1 | 23.10 | linux, linux-lowlatency | 2023-10-26 |
| Ubuntu | USN-6454-2 | 23.10 | linux-aws, linux-azure, linux-gcp, linux-oracle, linux-raspi | 2023-10-30 |
| Ubuntu | USN-6441-3 | 18.04 20.04 | linux-iot, linux-raspi, linux-raspi-5.4 | 2023-10-30 |
| Ubuntu | USN-6454-3 | 23.10 | linux-laptop | 2023-10-31 |
| Ubuntu | USN-6466-1 | 22.04 | linux-nvidia-6.2 | 2023-10-31 |
| Ubuntu | USN-6461-1 | 22.04 | linux-oem-6.1 | 2023-10-31 |
| Ubuntu | USN-6446-3 | 20.04 | linux-oracle-5.15 | 2023-10-26 |
| Ubuntu | USN-6465-2 | 22.04 | linux-raspi | 2023-11-01 |
| Ubuntu | USN-6459-1 | 20.04 22.04 23.04 23.10 | mysql-8.0 | 2023-10-30 |
| Ubuntu | USN-6457-1 | 22.04 | nodejs | 2023-10-30 |
| Ubuntu | USN-6463-1 | 20.04 22.04 23.04 23.10 | open-vm-tools | 2023-10-31 |
| Ubuntu | USN-6458-1 | 20.04 22.04 | slurm-llnl, slurm-wlm | 2023-10-30 |
| Ubuntu | USN-6452-1 | 14.04 16.04 18.04 20.04 22.04 23.04 23.10 | vim | 2023-10-25 |
| Ubuntu | USN-6453-1 | 20.04 22.04 23.04 23.10 | xorg-server, xwayland | 2023-10-25 |
| Ubuntu | USN-6453-2 | 14.04 16.04 18.04 | xorg-server | 2023-10-31 |
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