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=== Announcements ===
 * Official [[http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/|Ubuntu Security Notices]] (USNs)
 * Ubuntu security update notifications [[SecurityTeam/UpdateNotifications|additional information]]

=== Media coverage ===
In order to stay secure, Ubuntu users should simply apply all Ubuntu security updates to their systems when they become available.

For some vulnerabilities that are highlighted by the media, we've provided additional information as part of our !KnowledgeBase:

==== 2021 ====
 * [[ https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SecurityTeam/KnowledgeBase/GRUB2SecureBootBypass2021 | GRUB2 Secure Boot Bypass (CVE-2020-14372, CVE-2020-25632, CVE-2020-25647, CVE-2020-27749, CVE-2020-27779, CVE-2021-20225, CVE-2021-20233, CVE-2021-3418)]]

==== 2020 ====
 * [[ https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SecurityTeam/KnowledgeBase/Platypus | Intel power side-channels (CVE-2020-8694 and CVE-2020-8695, aka Platypus)]]
 * [[ https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SecurityTeam/KnowledgeBase/GRUB2SecureBootBypass | GRUB2 Secure Boot Bypass (CVE-2020-10713, CVE-2020-14308, CVE-2020-14309, CVE-2020-14310, CVE-2020-14311, CVE-2020-15705, CVE-2020-15706, CVE-2020-15707, aka BootHole)]]
 * [[ https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SecurityTeam/KnowledgeBase/SRBDS | Special Register Buffer Data Sampling (SRBDS) Hardware Vulnerability in Intel CPUs (CVE-2020-0543, aka Crosstalk)]]

==== 2019 ====
 * [[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SecurityTeam/KnowledgeBase/runC | runC / docker.io Privileged Container Escape (CVE-2019-5736)]]
 * [[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SecurityTeam/KnowledgeBase/SnapSocketParsing | Snap Socket Parsing (CVE-2019-7304)]]
 * [[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SecurityTeam/KnowledgeBase/MDS | Microarchitectural Data Sampling (MDS) (CVE-2018-12126, CVE-2018-12127, CVE-2018-12130, and CVE-2019-11091)]]
 * [[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SecurityTeam/KnowledgeBase/SACKPanic | SACK Panic and Other TCP Denial of Service Issues (CVE-2019-11477, CVE-2019-11478, and CVE-2019-11479)]]
 * [[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SecurityTeam/KnowledgeBase/k8s-CVE-2019-11247 | Kubernetes API Server Vulnerability (CVE-2019-11247) ]]
 * [[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SecurityTeam/KnowledgeBase/http2 | HTTP/2 Denial of Service Vulnerabilities ]]
 * [[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SecurityTeam/KnowledgeBase/TAA_MCEPSC_i915 | TSX Asynchronous Abort (TAA, CVE-2019-11135), Intel® Processor Machine Check Error (MCEPSC, CVE-2018-12207), and i915 graphics (CVE-2019-0155, CVE-2019-0154) vulnerabilities]]

==== 2018 ====
 * [[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SecurityTeam/KnowledgeBase/Pop_SS | Mov/Pop SS vulnerabilities (CVE-2018-8897 and CVE-2018-1087) ]]
 * [[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SecurityTeam/KnowledgeBase/Variant4 | Variant 4 of Side Channel issues (CVE-2018-3639)]]
 * [[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SecurityTeam/KnowledgeBase/LazyFP | Lazy FP Save/Restore (CVE-2018-3665)]]
 * [[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SecurityTeam/KnowledgeBase/BCBS | Bounds Check Bypass Store (BCBS) (CVE-2018-3693) ]]
 * [[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SecurityTeam/KnowledgeBase/NetSpectre | NetSpectre ]]
 * [[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SecurityTeam/KnowledgeBase/L1TF | L1 Terminal Fault (L1TF) (CVE-2018-3615, CVE-2018-3620, and CVE-2018-3646)]]

==== 2017 ====
 * [[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SecurityTeam/KnowledgeBase/BlueBorne | BlueBorne bluetooth vulnerabilities (CVE-2017-1000250, CVE-2017-1000251)]]
 * [[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SecurityTeam/KnowledgeBase/SpectreAndMeltdown | Spectre and Meltdown vulnerabilities (CVE-2017-5753, CVE-2017-5754, and CVE-2017-5715) ]]

==== 2016 ====
 * [[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SecurityTeam/KnowledgeBase/OpenSSHClientRoaming|OpenSSH Client Roaming (CVE-2016-0777, CVE-2016-0778)]]
 * [[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SecurityTeam/KnowledgeBase/httpoxy|httpoxy CGI application vulnerability]]

==== 2015 ====
 * [[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SecurityTeam/KnowledgeBase/GHOST|GHOST (CVE-2015-0235)]]
 * [[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SecurityTeam/KnowledgeBase/VENOM|VENOM (CVE-2015-3456)]]
 * [[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SecurityTeam/KnowledgeBase/LogJam|LogJam (CVE-2015-4000)]]
 * [[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SecurityTeam/KnowledgeBase/Stagefright|Stagefright (CVE-2015-1538, CVE-2015-1539, CVE-2015-3824, CVE-2015-3826, CVE-2015-3827, CVE-2015-3828, CVE-2015-3829)]]

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 * [[http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/|Ubuntu CVE Tracker]] (web view)
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 * [[SecurityUpdateProcedures| Security Update Procedures]]  * [[SecurityTeam/UpdateProcedures|Security update procedures]]
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 * [[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SecurityTeam/UpdateProcedures#Preparing%20an%20update|How to prepare an updated package]]
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  * [[SecurityTeam/BuildEnvironment|schroot/sbuild setup]]
  * [[SecurityTeam/TestingEnvironment|virtual machine setup]]
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 * [[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SecurityTeam/UpdatePublication#Media_coverage|Media coverage]]
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 * policy on local DoS
 * policy on root passwords/sudo
 * policy on open network ports
 * policy on sudo
 * policy on home directory permissions
 * [[SecurityTeam/Policies|Ubuntu Security Policies]]
 * [[ApparmorProfileMigration|Creating enforcing AppArmor profiles policy]]
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 * [[Security/Features|Feature Matrix]] (for all releases since Dapper, see the [[Security/Features/Historical|Historical Feature Matrix]].)
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== Process ==
 * [[SecurityTeam/BugTriage|Bug Triage]]
 * [[SecurityTeam/ReleaseCycle|Release Cycle Actions]]

Security updates

Announcements

Media coverage

In order to stay secure, Ubuntu users should simply apply all Ubuntu security updates to their systems when they become available.

For some vulnerabilities that are highlighted by the media, we've provided additional information as part of our KnowledgeBase:

2021

2020

2019

2018

2017

2016

2015

Vulnerability Resources

Update processes

Update techniques

Policies

Features

Process

Problems


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