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Fedora 37: FEDORA-2023-3746647cc3 Critical: Kitty Security Update

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Calendar Grey July 27, 2023
Dist Fedora Esm H88
The latest patch for Fedora 37 introduces an important enhancement in kitty, boosting operational efficiency and fortifying security for its users.
fixes CVE-2008-2383

Summary

- Offloads rendering to the GPU for lower system load and buttery smooth

scrolling. Uses threaded rendering to minimize input latency.

- Supports all modern terminal features: graphics (images), unicode, true-color,

OpenType ligatures, mouse protocol, focus tracking, bracketed paste and

several new terminal protocol extensions.

- Supports tiling multiple terminal windows side by side in different layouts

without needing to use an extra program like tmux.

- Can be controlled from scripts or the shell prompt, even over SSH.

- Has a framework for Kittens, small terminal programs that can be used to

extend kitty's functionality. For example, they are used for Unicode input,

Hints and Side-by-side diff.

- Supports startup sessions which allow you to specify the window/tab layout,

working directories and programs to run on startup.

- Cross-platform: kitty works on Linux and macOS, but because it uses only

OpenGL for rendering, it should be trivial to port to other Unix-like

platforms.

- Allows you to open the scrollback buffer in a separate window using arbitrary

programs of your choice. This is useful for browsing the history comfortably

in a pager or editor.

- Has multiple copy/paste buffers, like vim.

Update Information:

fixes CVE-2008-2383

Change Log

* Mon Jul 17 2023 Pavel Solovev - 0.26.5-6 - fix CVE-2008-2383

References

Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2023-3746647cc3 2023-07-27 02:04:37.484924 Name : kitty Product : Fedora 37 Version : 0.26.5 Release : 6.fc37 URL : https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/ Summary : Cross-platform, fast, feature full, GPU based terminal emulator Description : - Offloads rendering to the GPU for lower system load and buttery smooth scrolling. Uses threaded rendering to minimize input latency. - Supports all modern terminal features: graphics (images), unicode, true-color, OpenType ligatures, mouse protocol, focus tracking, bracketed paste and several new terminal protocol extensions. - Supports tiling multiple terminal windows side by side in different layouts without needing to use an extra program like tmux. - Can be controlled from scripts or the shell prompt, even over SSH. - Has a framework for Kittens, small terminal programs that can be used to extend kitty's functionality. For example, they are used for Unicode input, Hints and Side-by-side diff. - Supports startup sessions which allow you to specify the window/tab layout, working directories and programs to run on startup. - Cross-platform: kitty works on Linux and macOS, but because it uses only OpenGL for rendering, it should be trivial to port to other Unix-like platforms. - Allows you to open the scrollback buffer in a separate window using arbitrary programs of your choice. This is useful for browsing the history comfortably in a pager or editor. - Has multiple copy/paste buffers, like vim.

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2023-3746647cc3' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html

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Name: kitty
Product: Fedora 37
Version: 0.26.5
Release: 6.fc37
Summary: Cross-platform, fast, feature full, GPU based terminal emulator

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