SUSE has rolled out critical security updates for a variety of software components, including Python (versions 3.11 and 3.12), urllib3, Tomcat (versions 10 and 11), Kubernetes (version 1.18), Minikube, and CMake 3. These updates are intended to address significant vulnerabilities and improve overall security.

Red Hat has recently issued several critical security updates for various versions of its Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL). The updates address vulnerabilities in key software components, ensuring enhanced security for users and organizations relying on RHEL.

Oracle has announced a series of important security updates for its Linux distributions, specifically Oracle Linux versions 7, 8, 9, and 10. These updates are designed to fix various vulnerabilities, including issues related to denial-of-service attacks and heap-use-after-free vulnerabilities in widely used packages such as Apache Tomcat, Glibc, libxml2, and Firefox. Notable vulnerabilities addressed include CVE-2025-48976, CVE-2025-9179, CVE-2025-9180, and CVE-2025-4802.

Fedora Linux has recently released critical security updates for Python 3.13 and Chromium, addressing important vulnerabilities in both applications. The Python update, version 3.13.7 for Fedora 41, resolves a significant issue with the SSL module that caused blocking during TLS-encrypted connections, as well as a bug leading to an infinite loop when parsing tarfiles. This update is particularly essential as it rectifies regression issues introduced in the previous version, 3.13.6.

Debian GNU/Linux has released multiple security updates addressing vulnerabilities in important packages, including iperf3, unbound, and firebird3.0. These updates specifically target issues such as heap buffer overflows, shell code injections, and denial of service attacks that could arise from specially timed DNS queries and responses. The affected package versions span across various Debian releases, including Debian 9 (Stretch), Debian 10 (Buster), and Debian 11 (Bullseye).

SUSE has released a series of important security updates for various packages in its Linux distributions, including the Linux Kernel and ProFTPD. These updates address numerous vulnerabilities, categorized by severity:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) has rolled out a series of security updates addressing vulnerabilities in Firefox, the kernel, and webkit2gtk3. These updates are classified by Red Hat Product Security with security impacts ranging from Moderate to Important. The updates pertain to RHEL versions 8 and 9, and the specific updates are as follows:

The Liquorix Linux Kernel 6.16-2 has been released, building upon the latest Linux Kernel version 6.16.3. This custom kernel is specifically optimized for desktop, multimedia, and gaming environments, offering significant enhancements over standard kernel configurations. Key features of this release include Zen Interactive Tuning for improved system responsiveness, Budget Fair Queue for efficient disk scheduling, Hard Kernel Preemption for aggressive task prioritization, and TCP BBR2 Congestion Control for enhanced network performance.

Linus Torvalds has announced the release of Linux kernel version 6.17-rc3, marking the third release candidate in this series. The update is notably larger than its predecessor, rc2, but still falls within the expected parameters for this stage of development. Key updates in this release include improvements across various drivers, additional self-tests, enhanced support for the Rust programming language, and numerous fixes spanning architecture code, filesystems, virtual memory (VM), and networking.

The Debian project has issued two critical security advisories for Debian GNU/Linux 11 (Bullseye) Long Term Support (LTS) to address vulnerabilities affecting the iperf3 bandwidth measuring tool and the unbound DNS resolver.

An update has been released for openSUSE to address a moderate security vulnerability in the go-sendxmpp application, which impacts various products, including openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP6. The update specifically addresses CVE-2025-22872, a vulnerability related to the incorrect interpretation of tags by golang.org/x/net/html during DOM construction, which could lead to content being placed in the wrong scope.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) has announced a series of important security updates addressing vulnerabilities across multiple packages, specifically targeting squid, webkit2gtk3, firefox, and kernel components. These updates are crucial for maintaining system security and stability.

Debian has issued important security updates for the Thunderbird email client to address several vulnerabilities, notably those that could allow arbitrary code execution. The updates are available in different versions for various Debian distributions: version 1:128.14.0esr-1deb11u1 for Debian 11 (Bullseye) LTS, version 1:128.14.0esr-1deb12u1 for oldstable Debian 12 (Bookworm), and version 1:128.14.0esr-1~deb13u1 for the stable Debian 13 (Trixie). Users are strongly encouraged to upgrade their Thunderbird packages to maintain security.

CachyOS has launched its sixth update for 2025, introducing several exciting features and enhancements aimed at improving user experience, stability, and system performance. Key highlights of the August 2025 release include:

SUSE has announced several security updates for its openSUSE Tumbleweed distribution, addressing vulnerabilities in four key packages: libtiff-devel, jupyter-bqplot-jupyterlab, jetty-annotations, and terragrunt. Each update is rated as moderate in severity and includes details on specific vulnerabilities and their CVSS scores.

The toolbox package for Fedora Linux 41 has been updated to version 0.2-1.fc41, primarily addressing security vulnerabilities. This update notification was issued on August 24, 2025, and highlights the importance of maintaining secure environments for software development and troubleshooting on Linux systems.

The Linux kernel version 6.16.3 has been officially released, introducing significant enhancements aimed at improving the efficiency of data processing, particularly through the use of large folios. One of the key updates is the transition from reserving credits based on pages to reserving them based on extents. This change allows for a more streamlined folio writeback process, which can now either extend journal credits or start a new transaction if the existing credits are insufficient.

Liquorix Linux Kernel 6.16-1 Released

Debian GNU/Linux has issued important security updates, specifically targeting MuPDF and QEMU. These updates are crucial for users of Debian 11 (Bullseye) and Debian 12 (Bookworm), as well as the upcoming Debian 13 (Trixie).

SUSE Linux has released a series of security updates for several important software packages, enhancing system security and stability for users. Key updates include: