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== Security updates ==

=== 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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=== Vulnerability Resources ===
 * [[https://launchpad.net/ubuntu-cve-tracker|Ubuntu CVE tracker]]
 * [[http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/|Ubuntu CVE Tracker]] (web view)
 * [[http://cve.mitre.org|Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures]] (CVEs)
 * [[http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm|National Vulnerabilities Database]]
 * [[http://oss-security.openwall.org|Open Source Software Security]]
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{{{
 This page is still very much place-holder. If you have time, please update it with more information.
}}}		 === Update processes ===
 * [[SecurityTeam/UpdateProcedures|Security update procedures]]
 * [[StableReleaseUpdates/MicroReleaseExceptions]]
 * [[StableReleaseUpdates]] (SRU)
 * [[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuBackports|Backport Requests]]
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=== Update techniques ===
 * [[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SecurityTeam/UpdateProcedures#Preparing%20an%20update|How to prepare an updated package]]
 * How to handle backporting security updates
  * [[SecurityTeam/BuildEnvironment|schroot/sbuild setup]]
  * [[SecurityTeam/TestingEnvironment|virtual machine setup]]
 * How to test the update
  * [[https://code.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-bugcontrol/qa-regression-testing/master|QA Regression Testing]]
  * Proof of Concept (PoC)
  * Build test suites (eg, 'make check')
 * ABI compatibility (eg, check-symbols, nm)
 * Checklists
 * [[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SecurityTeam/UpdatePublication#Media_coverage|Media coverage]]
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 * security updates
  * [:SecurityUpdateProcedures: Security Update Procedures]
  * Ubuntu CVE tracker link
  * mitre
  * NVD
  * oss-security link
 * Policies (FAQ could link to Knowledge{{{}}}Base)
  * policy on local DoS
  * policy on root passwords/sudo
  * policy on open network ports
  * policy on sudo
  * policy on home directory permissions
 * AppArmor docs
 * SELinux docs
 * How to handle backporting security updates
  * good upstream patches
  * micro release
  * SRU
  * -backports
 * [:DebuggingSecurity] for bug reports		 == Policies ==
 * [[SecurityTeam/Policies|Ubuntu Security Policies]]
 * [[ApparmorProfileMigration|Creating enforcing AppArmor profiles policy]]

== Features ==
 * [[Security/Features|Feature Matrix]] (for all releases since Dapper, see the [[Security/Features/Historical|Historical Feature Matrix]].)
 * [[CompilerFlags|Security Hardening Compiler Flags]]
 * [[SecurityTeam/KnowledgeBase/AppArmorProfiles|AppArmor Profiles]]
 * [[SecurityTeam/KnowledgeBase/BuiltPIE|Applications Built with PIE]]
 * [[AppArmor]] docs
 * [[SELinux]] docs

== Process ==
 * [[SecurityTeam/BugTriage|Bug Triage]]
 * [[SecurityTeam/ReleaseCycle|Release Cycle Actions]]

== Problems ==
 * [[DebuggingSecurity]] for bug reports
 * [[DebuggingApparmor]] for bug reports dealing with [[AppArmor]] profiles

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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SecurityTeam/KnowledgeBase (last edited 2023-08-25 14:36:54 by rodrigo-zaiden)