The Debian 13 distribution has received its fifth corrective update, known as Debian 13.5. This update includes a total of 144 stability updates and 103 vulnerability updates. Some of the key changes in this update include updates to the latest stable versions of packages such as apache2, openssl, and systemd. Additionally, the dav4tbsync package has been removed, with its functionality now available in Thunderbird 140.
For those looking to download and install Debian 13.5 from scratch, installation builds will be prepared in the coming hours and can be accessed here. Existing systems that are kept up to date will receive the updates included in Debian 13.5 through the standard update installation system. Users can also access security fixes through the security.debian.org service.
In addition to the Debian 13.5 update, a new release of the previous stable branch, Debian 12.14, has also been made available. This release includes a total of 99 updates addressing stability issues and 145 updates with vulnerabilities fixed. Some of the packages that have been updated to their latest stable versions include 7zip, apache2, openssl, and postgresql-15. The packages suricata and zulucrypt have been removed due to various reasons such as availability in backports or unresolved vulnerabilities.