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Episode 34

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Jun 3, 2019

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This week we look at security updates for Keepalived, Corosync, GnuTLS, libseccomp and more, plus we talk insider threats with Joe McManus.

Released:

Jun 3, 2019

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A weekly podcast talking about the latest developments and updates from the Ubuntu Security team, including a summary of the security vulnerabilities and fixes from the last week as well as a discussion on some of the goings on in the wider Ubuntu Security community.

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Episode 0: The first ever episode of the Ubuntu Security Podcast! by Ubuntu Security Podcast
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Episode 3: This week we look at 29 unique CVEs addressed across the supported Ubuntu releases, a discussion of the Main Inclusion Review process and recent news around the bubblewrap package, and open positions within the team. by Ubuntu Security Podcast
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Episode 7: This week we look at some details of the 78 unique CVEs addressed across the supported Ubuntu releases including more GhostScript, ImageMagick, WebKitGTK, Linux kernel and more. by Ubuntu Security Podcast
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Episode 9: This week we look at some details of the 61 unique CVEs addressed across the supported Ubuntu releases, with a particular focus on the recent Xorg vulnerability ([CVE-2018-14665](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-14665)), plus Cosmic is now... by Ubuntu Security Podcast
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Episode 1: Another week, another speculative execution vulnerablity... and more! by Ubuntu Security Podcast
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Episode 4: A quieter week in package updates - this week we look at some details of the 9 unique CVEs addressed across the supported Ubuntu releases and talk about various hardening guides for Ubuntu. by Ubuntu Security Podcast
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Episode 18: This week we look at some details of the 46 unique CVEs addressed across the supported Ubuntu releases and take a deep dive into the recent apt security bug. by Ubuntu Security Podcast
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Episode 8: This week we look at some details of the 15 unique CVEs addressed across the supported Ubuntu releases and discuss some of the security relevant changes in Ubuntu 18.10, plus a refresh of the Ubuntu CVE tracker and more. by Ubuntu Security Podcast
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Episode 11: This week we look at some details of the 23 unique CVEs addressed across the supported Ubuntu releases, discuss the latest purported Intel side-channel vulnerability PortSmash and more. by Ubuntu Security Podcast
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Episode 10: This week we look at some details of the 17 unique CVEs addressed across the supported Ubuntu releases, have a brief look at some Canonical presentations from LSS-EU and more. by Ubuntu Security Podcast
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Episode 13: This week we look at some details of the 16 unique CVEs addressed across the supported Ubuntu releases and more. by Ubuntu Security Podcast
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Episode 22: This week we cover security updates including Firefox, Thunderbird, OpenSSL and another Ghostscript regression, plus we look at a recent report from Capsule8 comparing Linux hardening features across various distributions and we answer some... by Ubuntu Security Podcast
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Episode 6: This week we look at some details of the 17 unique CVEs addressed across the supported Ubuntu releases and more. by Ubuntu Security Podcast
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Episode 68: This week we cover security updates for Apache, Twisted, Vim a kernel livepatch and more, plus Alex and Joe discuss OVAL data feeds and the cvescan snap for vulnerability awareness. by Ubuntu Security Podcast
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Episode 39: A look at security updates for Django, Thunderbird, ZNC, Irssi and more, plus news on the CanonicalLtd GitHub account credentials compromise, SKS PGP keyservers under attack and Ubuntu 18.10 Cosmic Cuttlefish reaches EOL. by Ubuntu Security Podcast
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Episode 14: This week we look at some details of the 32 unique CVEs addressed across the supported Ubuntu releases and talk open source software supply chain integrity and how this relates to Ubuntu compared to the recent npm event-stream compromise. by Ubuntu Security Podcast
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Episode 20: This week we look at Linux kernel updates for all releases, OpenSSH, dovecot, curl and more. Plus we answer some frequently asked questions for Ubuntu security, in particular the perennial favourite of why we choose to just backport security... by Ubuntu Security Podcast
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Episode 15: Security updates for 29 CVEs including Perl, the kernel, OpenSSL (PortSmash) and more, plus in response to some listener questions, we discuss how to make sure you always have the latest security updates by using unattended-upgrades. by Ubuntu Security Podcast
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Episode 84: In a week when too many security updates are never enough, we cover the biggest one of them all for a while, BootHole, with an interview between Joe McManus and Alex Murray for some behind-the-scenes and in-depth coverage, plus we also... by Ubuntu Security Podcast
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Episode 81: Joe talks cyber security policy with Dr David Reed from CU Boulder, plus Alex covers the week in security updates including Mutt, NVIDIA graphics drivers, Mailman and more. by Ubuntu Security Podcast
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Episode 38: This week we look at the latest security updates for the Linux kernel, Firefox, ImageMagick, OpenStack and more, plus we have a special guest, the maintainer and lead developer of the AppArmor project, John Johansen, to talk about the project... by Ubuntu Security Podcast
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Episode 17: First episode of 2019! This week we look "System Down" in systemd, as well as updates for the Linux kernel, GnuPG, PolicyKit and more, and discuss a recent cache-side channel attack using the mincore() system call. by Ubuntu Security Podcast
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Episode 24: A look at recent fixes for vulnerabilities in poppler, WALinuxAgent, the Linux kernel and more. We also talk about some listener feedback on Ubuntu hardening and the launch of Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. by Ubuntu Security Podcast
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Episode 42: This week we have a special interview with Ubuntu Security Team member Jamie Strandboge, talking about security aspects of the Snap packaging system, as well as the usual roundup of security fixes from the past week. by Ubuntu Security Podcast
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