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# Blog posts tagged "Trusty Tahr"

#### [Ubuntu updates for TCP SACK Panic vulnerabilities](https://canonical.com/blog/mitigations-for-tcp-sack-panic-vulnerabilities)

Issues have been identified in the way the Linux kernel’s TCP implementation processes Selective Acknowledgement (SACK) options and handles low Maximum Segment Size (MSS) values. These TCP SACK Panic vulnerabilities could expose servers to a denial of service attack, so it is crucial to have systems patched. Updated versions of the Linux

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#### [Ubuntu updates to mitigate new Microarchitectural Data Sampling (MDS) vulnerabilities](https://canonical.com/blog/ubuntu-updates-to-mitigate-new-microarchitectural-data-sampling-mds-vulnerabilities)

Microarchitectural Data Sampling (MDS) describes a group of vulnerabilities (CVE-2018-12126, CVE-2018-12127, CVE-2018-12130, and CVE-2019-11091) in various Intel microprocessors, which allow a malicious process to read various information from another process which is executing on the same CPU core. This occurs due to the use of various m

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#### [Ubuntu 14.04 LTS has transitioned to ESM support](https://canonical.com/blog/ubuntu-14-04-esm-support)

Extended Security Maintenance (ESM) is now available for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS to provide ongoing security patches for high and critical CVEs for UA Infrastructure customers.

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#### [How to ensure the ongoing security and compliance of Ubuntu 14.04 LTS ‘Trusty Tahr’](https://canonical.com/blog/ensure-ongoing-security-compliance-ubuntu-14-04)

As 14.04 reaches the end of its five-year, Standard Security Maintenance, LTS window in April 2019, support for the OS is transitioning into a new phase – Extended Security Maintenance (ESM).

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#### [Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Trusty Tahr Extended Security Maintenance](https://canonical.com/blog/ubuntu-14-04-trusty-tahr)

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS – As 14.04 reaches the end of its five-year LTS window in April 2019, Ubuntu 14.04 LTS ‘Trusty Tahr’ transitions to Extended Security Maintenance (ESM). ESM is a feature available through Ubuntu Advantage, Canonical’s commercial support package. ESM as a stand-alone addition was available for 12.04 only. Contact the Ubunt

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#### [Kernel Team Summary – December 6, 2017](https://canonical.com/blog/kernel-team-summary-december-6-2017)

November 21 through December 04 Development (18.04) Every 6 months the Ubuntu Kernel Team is tasked to pick the kernel to be used in the next release. This is a difficult thing to do because we don’t definitively know what will be going into the upstream kernel over the next 6 months nor the quality

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#### [Kernel Team Summary – October 18th, 2017](https://canonical.com/blog/kernel-team-summary-october-18th-2017)

Development (Artful / 17.10) https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ArtfulAardvark/ReleaseSchedule Important upcoming dates: Ubuntu 17.10 Release – Oct 19 (~1 days away) We intend to target a 4.13 kernel for the Ubuntu 17.10 release. A 4.13.4 based kernel is available for testing from the artful-proposed pocket of the Ubuntu archive. Stable (Released &

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