New Kernel Vulnerabilities Affect Ubuntu 6.06, 8.04, 8.10 and 9.04 OSes

Earlier today, Canonical has announced the availability of a major security update for the following Ubuntu distributions: 6.06 LTS, 8.04 LTS, 8.10 and 9.04 (also applies to Kubuntu, Edubuntu and Xubuntu). The update patches no more than 15 security issues (see below for details) discovered i... [ read more >> ]