Episode 100

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Episode 100

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Dec 11, 2020

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For the last episode of 2020, we look back at the most "popular"
packages on this podcast for this year as well as the biggest
vulnerabilities from 2020, plus a BootHole presentation at Ubuntu Masters
as well as vulnerability fixes from the past week too.

Released:

Dec 11, 2020

Format:

Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

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 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 2: L1TF kernel regressions, WPA2 key recovery, mirror fail and more! by Ubuntu Security Podcast
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Episode 21: Double episode covering the security updates from the last 2 weeks, including snapd (DirtySock), systemd and more, plus we talk responsible disclosure and some open positions on the Ubuntu Security team. by Ubuntu Security Podcast
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Episode 23: This week we look at security updates for the Linux kernel, PHP and NVIDIA drivers, revealing recent research into GPU based side-channel attacks plus we call for suggestions on hardening features and more. 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 12: This week we look at some details of the 33 unique CVEs addressed across the supported Ubuntu releases, including some significant updates for systemd and the kernel, plus we talk about even more Intel side-channel vulnerabilities and more. by Ubuntu Security Podcast
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Episode 5: This week we look at some details of the 43 unique CVEs addressed across the supported Ubuntu releases and talk about the recently announced Extended Security Maintenance support for Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr. 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 0: The first ever episode of the Ubuntu Security Podcast! by Ubuntu Security Podcast
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Episode 29: This week we look at fixes from the past two weeks including BIND, NTFS-3G, Dovecot, Pacemaker and more, plus we follow up last episodes IoT security discussion with Joe McManus talking about Ubuntu Core. Finally we cover the release... 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 32: This week we look at updates to cover the latest Intel CPU vulnerabilities (MDS - aka RIDL, Fallout, ZombieLoad), plus other vulnerabilies in PostgreSQL, ISC DHCP, Samba and more, whilst special guest this week is Seth Arnold from the... 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 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 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 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 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 31: This week we cover security fixes for GNOME Shell, FFmpeg, Sudo, Ghostscript and others, and we talk to Joe McManus about malicious Dockerhub images, Git repos being ransomed more. 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 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 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 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 27: Carpe Diem for Apache HTTP Server, plus updates for Dovecot, PolicyKit and the Linux kernel, and we talk to Joe McManus about the recent Asus ShadowHammer supply chain attack and more. by Ubuntu Security Podcast
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Episode 36: Security updates for DBus, vim, elfutils, GLib and more, plus Joe and Alex look at another npm package hijack as well as some wider discussions around the big vim RCE of this week. by Ubuntu Security Podcast
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Episode 48: This week we look at security updates for the Linux kernel, SDL 2, ClamAV and more, plus Alex and Joe talk security and performance trade-offs, snaps and OWASP Top 10 Cloud Security recommendations, and finally Alex covers some recent... by Ubuntu Security Podcast
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