[SOLVED] Security Patch

[Coastie]

I received a news article by RSS a few days ago about a new security vulnerability in Ubuntu which allowed someone to gain access to your PC. Since then I have been looking for a security update. (I check Install Updates at least once a day.) Since reading this article, I have not been offered a security update. There was a link in the article to Ubuntu which offered a link to the update. I did not use it because I thought I would get it the usual way in a few days.

Was the article out of date and we already have that update or should I have gotten the patch from the Ubuntu website or just be patient until it is offered the usual way?

(I know my paranoia is showing. :-[  It comes from too many years using Windows and being abandoned by Apple support because I have an iMac PPC* instead of an Intel  Mac.)

* as well as this Linux computer[table] [tr] [td][/td][/tr][/table]

[altman]

Well , some security concerns start one day on ubuntu &/or Linux . It had to happen .

Thanx Coastie for info .

[altman]

Is that that security update Coastie ! http://www.ubuntuupdates.org/packages/la...dates%5D=1

[Coastie]

I think it was  Ghostscript package http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2483-2/. When I searched today I found this list: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/trusty/.

[altman]

Thanx , bookmarked these 2 additional links for future updates .

[gold_finger]

It appears from this posting that security threat only applies to older 10.04 and 12.04 Ubuntu -- meaning anyone with LL 2.0 and above is not affected.  Don't know anything about when/if updates have already gone out for the older Ubuntus (and subsequently the older LL's).

[Coastie]

It appears from this posting that security threat only applies to older 10.04 and 12.04 Ubuntu -- meaning anyone with LL 2.0 and above is not affected.  ..

Thanks, gold_finger. 

[rokytnji]

Doing some testing. Fresh install of AntiX 14 a5 patch on my new M&A touchscreen Netbook that came in FedEx today.

Code:

harry@scuzbucket:~
$ ldd --version
ldd (Debian GLIBC 2.19-13) 2.19
Copyright (C) 2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
Written by Roland McGrath and Ulrich Drepper.

I be not afeared.