Security Team Update: October 5, 2017
Canonical
on 5 October 2017
Tags: Cloud security , Security , Ubuntu Desktop
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: [email protected]
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
Bug Triage
Mainline Inclusion Requests
- python-pyelftools completed (LP: #1630073)
- MIR backlog: https://bugs.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-security/+assignedbugs?field.searchtext=%5BMIR%5D
Development
What the Security Team is Reading This Week
Weekly Meeting
- There was no weekly meeting on 25 September because the entire team was attending the Ubuntu Rally.
- Info: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SecurityTeam/Meeting
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