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- Tails 3.12.1 is out
This release is an emergency release to fix a critical security vulnerability in Firefox.
It also fixes other security vulnerabilities. You should upgrade as soon as possible.
Changes
Update Tor Browser to 8.0.6.
This fixes a critical vulnerability in the Skia library used by Firefox and Chrome to render graphics.
If you are curious about the maths behind this vulnerability, you can read The Curious Case of Convexity Confusion by Google Project Zero.
Known issues
See the list of long-standing issues.
Tails fails to start a second time on some computers (#16389)
On some computers, after installing Tails to a USB stick, Tails starts a first time but fails to start a second time. In some cases, only BIOS (Legacy) was affected and the USB stick was not listed in the Boot Menu.
We are still investigating the issue, so if it happens to you, please report your findings by email to tails-testers@boum.org. Mention the model of the computer and the USB stick. This mailing list is archived publicly.
To fix this issue:
Reinstall your USB stick using the same installation method.
Start Tails for the first time and set up an administration password.
Choose to open a Root Terminal.
Execute the following command:
sgdisk --recompute-chs /dev/bilibop
You can also test an experimental image:
Download the .img file from our development server.
Install it using the same installation methods.
We don't provide any OpenPGP signature or other verification technique for this test image. Please only use it for testing.
Get Tails 3.12.1
To install, follow our installation instructions.
To upgrade, automatic upgrades are available from 3.10, 3.10.1, 3.11, 3.12, and 3.12~rc1 to 3.12.1.
If you cannot do an automatic upgrade or if Tails fails to start after an automatic upgrade, please try to do a manual upgrade.
Download Tails 3.12.1:
What's coming up?
Tails 3.13 is scheduled for March 19.
We need your help and there are many ways to contribute to Tails (donating is only one of them). Come talk to us!