--- title: 'Security Team Update: October 5, 2017' description: 'The Security Team weekly reports are intended to be very short summaries of the Security Team’s weekly activities. If you would like to reach the Security Team, you can find us at the #ubuntu-hardened channel on FreeNode. Alternatively, you can mail the Ubuntu Hardened mailing list at: ubuntu-hardened@lists.ubuntu.com During the last week […]' url: https://canonical.com/blog/security-team-update-october-5-2017?format=md --- 1. [Blog](https://canonical.com/blog) 2. Article --- [Canonical](https://canonical.com/blog/author/canonical "More about Canonical") 5 October 2017 # Security Team Update: October 5, 2017 [Cloud security](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/cloud-security) [Security](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/security) [Ubuntu Desktop](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/ubuntu-desktop) --- Share the article The [Security Team](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SecurityTeam) weekly reports are intended to be very short summaries of the Security Team’s weekly activities. If you would like to reach the Security Team, you can find us at the #ubuntu-hardened channel on [FreeNode](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FreeNode). Alternatively, you can mail the Ubuntu Hardened mailing list at: [ubuntu-hardened@lists.ubuntu.com](mailto:ubuntu-hardened@lists.ubuntu.com) During the last week, the Ubuntu Security team: * Triaged 195 public security vulnerability reports, retaining the 38 that applied to Ubuntu. * Published 1 Ubuntu Security Notice which fixed 1 security issue (CVE) in 1 supported package. ### Ubuntu Security Notices * [[USN-3429-1] Libplist vulnerability](https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3429-1) ### Bug Triage * Backlog:  ### Mainline Inclusion Requests * python-pyelftools completed (LP: #[1630073](https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1630073 "Bug")) * MIR backlog:  ### Development * [AppArmor merge for 4.14 (rc2)](https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?h=v4.14-rc2&id=79444df4e7f03843be78e4b9188d095931648842) * [Seccomp merge for 4.14 (rc2)](https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=c0a3a64e723324ae6dda53214061a71de63808c3) ### What the Security Team is Reading This Week * [A Large-Scale Empirical Study of Security Patches](http://www.icir.org/vern/papers/patch-study.ccs17.pdf) * [The Ceremony](http://www.radiolab.org/story/ceremony/) ### Weekly Meeting * There was no weekly meeting on 25 September because the entire team was attending the Ubuntu Rally. * Info:  ### More Info * [Ubuntu CVE Tracker](http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/) * [Ubuntu security notices](https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/) * [Follow Ubuntu Security on Twitter](https://www.twitter.com/ubuntu_sec) * [How to help improve Ubuntu security](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SecurityTeam/GettingInvolved) ## Sign up for our newsletter Get the latest Canonical news and updates in your inbox. Work email: \*I agree to receive information about Canonical's products and services. By submitting this form, I confirm that I have read and agree to [Canonical's Privacy Policy](https://canonical.com/legal/dataprivacy). Sign up ## Share on --- ## Related posts [### Canonical joins the Open Secure AI Alliance](https://canonical.com/blog/open-secure-ai-alliance) Canonical is now part of the Open Secure AI Alliance, announced by NVIDIA with partners across cloud computing, cybersecurity, enterprise software, open source foundations, and... [Canonical](https://canonical.com/blog/author/canonical) 28 August 2026 [### Arduino® VENTUNO™ Q is available for pre-order with Ubuntu pre-installed](https://canonical.com/blog/arduino-ventuno-q-is-available-for-pre-order-with-ubuntu-pre-installed) London, UK – August 25, 2026 – Following our initial collaboration announcement in March 2026, Canonical and Arduino (a subsidiary of Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.) are excited... [Canonical](https://canonical.com/blog/author/canonical) 25 August 2026 [### Januscape vulnerability CVE-2026-53359 mitigations available](https://canonical.com/blog/januscape-linux-vulnerability-mitigations-available) Introduction A local privilege escalation (LPE) vulnerability affecting the Linux kernel was publicly disclosed on July 6, 2026. The vulnerability was assigned CVE ID... [seth-arnold](https://canonical.com/blog/author/seth-arnold) 11 July 2026 [### DirtyClone Linux kernel local privilege escalation vulnerability fixes available](https://canonical.com/blog/dirtyclone-linux-vulnerability-fixes-available) On June 25, 2026, JFrog published their research into CVE-2026-43503, referring to the vulnerability as DirtyClone. The vulnerability had previously been responsibly disclosed... [Luci Stanescu](https://canonical.com/blog/author/lucistanescu) 1 July 2026