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Home > Linux > IPFire 2.25 Core Update 157 released

IPFire 2.25 Core Update 157 released

The IPFire team announced the release of Core Update 157, which is the largest update in size ever the team has released.


Erdem Yasar Erdem Yasar
June 24, 2021
2 min read
IPFire 2.25 Core Update 157 released

The IPFire team announced the launch of Core Update 157. According to the announcement, it is the largest release in size the team has ever released. The latest update includes brings an updated kernel and updates various operating system parts. The team also stated that the release is the second part of the “spring clean” release. It means the release updates various software packages and unused software are dropped.

Switching to Python 3

The IPFire team also stated that they are making huge efforts to migrate away from Python 2, which has reached the end of life in January. These efforts include repackaging third-party modules for Python 3 and migrating the software to the new version. The team is expecting to remove all the Python 2 code with the next release and will also support Python 2 for some time to provide custom scripts to migrate them away.

  • The IPFire kernel has been rebased on Linux 4.14.232 which brings various security and stability fixes
  • Updated packages: bash 5.1.4, boost 1.76.0, cmake 3.20.2, curl 7.76.1, dejavu-fonts-ttf 2.37, expat 2.3.0, file 5.40, fuse 3.10.3, gdb 10.2, glib 2.68.1, iproute2 5.12.0, less 581.2, libaio 0.3.112, libarchive 3.5.1, libcap-ng 0.8.2, libedit 20210419-3.1, libevent2 2.1.12, libexif 0.6.22, libgcrypt 1.9.3, libgpg-error 1.42, libtiff 4.3.0, libupnp 1.14.6, libxcrypt 4.4.20, libxml2 2.9.10, lm_sensors 3.6.0, lua 5.4.3, meson 0.58.0, OpenSSH 8.6p1, perl-Canary-Stability, perl-Convert-TNET 0.18, perl-Convert-UUlib 1.8, perl-Crypt-PasswdMD5 1.41, perl-Digest 1.19, pixman 0.40.0, poppler 21.05.0 (and poppler-data 0.4.10), pppd 2.4.9, readline 8.1, sqlite 3.35.5, squid 4.15, sudo 1.9.7, wireless-regdb 2020.11.20, xfsprogs 5.11.0
  • Some packages that are no longer needed for the build process have been dropped
  • Peter Müller has cleaned up the web server configuration for the web user interface and removed various quirks and hacks for old software like Microsoft Internet Explorer 8
  • Leo-Andres Hofmann has contributed some cosmetic changes for the live graphs
  • A security vulnerability has been reported by Mücahit Saratar where it was possible to change a script as an unprivileged user due to a file permission error which could later be executed as root. 

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Erdem Yasar

Erdem Yasar

Erdem Yasar is a news editor at Cloud7 News. Erdem started his career by writing video game reviews in 2007 for PC World magazine while he was studying computer engineering. In the following years, he focused on software development with various programming languages. After his graduation, he continued to work as an editor for several major tech-related websites and magazines. During the 2010s, Erdem Yasar shifted his focus to cloud computing, hosting, and data centers as they were becoming more popular topics in the tech industry. Erdem Yasar also worked with various industry-leading tech companies as a content creator by writing blog posts and other articles. Prior to his role at Cloud7 News, Erdem was the managing editor of T3 Magazine.

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