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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2709-2

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2709-2
Posted Oct 15, 2015
Authored by Ubuntu | Site security.ubuntu.com

Ubuntu Security Notice 2709-2 - USN-2709-1 updated pollinate's certificate for entropy.ubuntu.com but did not include a new certificate authority certificate. This update fixes the problem. Various other issues were also addressed.

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==========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2709-2
October 14, 2015

pollinate update
==========================================================================
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 15.04
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Summary:

The system would not have expected entropy available.

Software Description:
- pollinate: seed the pseudo random number generator in virtual machines

Details:

USN-2709-1 updated pollinate's certificate for entropy.ubuntu.com but did
not include a new certificate authority certificate.

This update fixes the problem.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

Original advisory details:

The pollinate package bundles the certificate for entropy.ubuntu.com. This
update refreshes the certificate to match the new certificate for the
server.

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 15.04:
pollinate 4.11-0ubuntu2.2

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
pollinate 4.7-0ubuntu1.4

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2709-2
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2709-1
https://launchpad.net/bugs/1506238

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pollinate/4.11-0ubuntu2.2
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pollinate/4.7-0ubuntu1.4
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