Ubuntu Security Notices

Key Takeaways Ubuntu ships with solid built-in security: AppArmor, UFW, and unattended-upgrades – but defaults only protect you if you actively configure and maintain them. Most Ubuntu compromises come down...

Ubuntu has recently addressed multiple security vulnerabilities affecting Python 2.7 in both the 22.04 LTS and 20.04 LTS releases. These vulnerabilities, if exploited, could potentially allow attackers to execute arbitrary...

BusyBox, often referred to as the “Swiss Army knife of embedded Linux,” is a compact suite of Unix utilities combined into a single executable. It’s widely used in small and...

A serious vulnerability has been discovered in the widely used wpa_supplicant package, potentially leaving millions of devices at risk. This flaw, tracked as CVE-2024-5290, poses a significant risk of privilege...

Several vulnerabilities have recently been identified in OpenJDK 8, which could potentially lead to denial of service, information disclosure, arbitrary code execution, or even the bypassing of Java sandbox restrictions....

Two vulnerabilities were discovered in openvpn, a virtual private network software which could keep the closing session active or result in denial of service. Canonical released security updates to address...