Ubuntu Releases Security Updates
Over the last two days Ubuntu has announced the release of a series of security updates. In my case I was notified through the appearance of an icon prompting me to run the Update Manager.
As opposed to the standard update icon, which is identified by a white arrow in an orange starburst, these security updates are differentiated by the appearance of a white exclamation point within a red arrow.
The security updates in question are as follows. In each case further information on the nature of the announcement is available on the Ubuntu site. Just click on the link below.
- USN-606-1: CUPS vulnerability [5 May 2008] - Affects Ubuntu 6.06 LTS, Ubuntu 7.04, Ubuntu 7.10
- USN-610-1: LTSP vulnerability [6 May 2008] - Affects Ubuntu 6.06 LTS, Ubuntu 7.04, Ubuntu 7.10
- USN-609-1: OpenOffice.org vulnerabilities [6 May 2008] - Affects Ubuntu 6.06, LTS Ubuntu 7.04, Ubuntu 7.10
- USN-605-1: Thunderbird vulnerabilities [6 May 2008] - Affects Ubuntu 6.06, LTS Ubuntu 7.04, Ubuntu 7.10, Ubuntu 8.04 LTS
- USN-608-1: KDE vulnerability [6 May 2008] - Affects Ubuntu 7.04, Ubuntu 7.10, Ubuntu 8.04 LTS
- USN-607-1: Emacs vulnerabilities [6 May 2008] - Affects Ubuntu 6.06 LTS, Ubuntu 7.04, Ubuntu 7.10, Ubuntu 8.04 LTS
The Ubuntu Security Notices (USN) page outlines:
“…security notices that affect the current supported releases of Ubuntu. These notices are also posted to the ubuntu-security-announce mailing list (list archive). To report a security vulnerability in an Ubuntu package, please contact security@ubuntu.com.”
I’m currently reading through the information on the USN site to locate more information on the nature of these security releases. In the meantime I encourage you to do the same and then run the Update Manager to acquire the most recent security patches.
An RSS feed for the notifications is available at http://www.ubuntu.com/taxonomy/term/2/0/feed
References:
- Ubuntu Security Notices (USN): http://www.ubuntu.com/usn
- Ubuntu Security Notices (USN) RSS feed: http://www.ubuntu.com/taxonomy/term/2/0/feed
- Ubuntu Security Announce mailing list: http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-security-announce
- Ubuntu Security Announce mailing list archives: http://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/
