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
As with every release, we encourage all users to install this update as soon as possible to benefit from the latest improvements and security patches. We would like to thank our community of testers, contributors, and supporters for their ongoing dedication to the IPFire project. If you’d like to support our work, please consider donating.