Ubuntu issues critical patch for security flaw
A critical flaw in the way Ubuntu's apt package verifies valid signing keys has prompted an emergency work-around to be distributed while a more formal fix is put in place.
The update comes after security researcher Georgi Guninski publicised his findings, which affect all versions of the Ubuntu Linux distribution and their derivatives but not the upstream Debian distribution on which it is based, on the Full Disclosure security mailing list yesterday.
Read more: http://www.thinq.co.uk/2011/9/23/ubuntu-issues-critical-patch-security-flaw/#ixzz1YytvT7yp
The update comes after security researcher Georgi Guninski publicised his findings, which affect all versions of the Ubuntu Linux distribution and their derivatives but not the upstream Debian distribution on which it is based, on the Full Disclosure security mailing list yesterday.
Read more: http://www.thinq.co.uk/2011/9/23/ubuntu-issues-critical-patch-security-flaw/#ixzz1YytvT7yp
