Episode 207

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Episode 207

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Sep 1, 2023

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This week we cover reports of "fake" CVEs and their impact on the FOSS security
ecosystem, plus we look at security updates for PHP, Fast DDS, JOSE for C/C++,
the Linux kernel, AMD Microcode and more.

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Sep 1, 2023

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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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 46: A massive 85 CVEs addressed this week, including updates for Exim, the Linux Kernel, Samba, systemd and more, plus we discuss hacking BMCs via remote USB devices and password stashes. by Ubuntu Security Podcast
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Episode 28: This week we look at updates for vulnerabilities in wpa_supplicant, Samba, systemd, wget and more and we talk to Joe about IoT security (or the prevailing lack-thereof). 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 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 1: Another week, another speculative execution vulnerablity... and more! 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 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 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 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 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 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 49: This week we look at updates for Sudo, Python, OpenStack Octavia and more, plus we discuss a recent CVE for Python which resulted in erroneous scientific research results, and we go over some of your feedback from Episode 48. 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 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 25: Ghostscript is back to haunt us for another week, plus we look at vulnerabilities in ntfs-3g, snapd, firefox and more. by Ubuntu Security Podcast
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Episode 44: This week Joe and Alex discuss a recently disclosed backdoor in Webmin, plus we cover security updates from the past week, including for Nova, KDE, LibreOffice, Docker, CUPS and more. 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 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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