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 discovered in the Linux kernel packages by various hackers.
The vulnerabilities can be fixed if you update your system today to the following specific packages:
• For Ubuntu 6.06 LTS, users should update their kernel packages to linux-image-2.6.15-54.77
• For Ubuntu 8.04 LTS, users should update their kernel packages to linux-image-2.6.24-24.55
• For Ubuntu 8.10, users should update their kernel packages to linux-image-2.6.27-14.35
• For Ubuntu 9.04, users should update their kernel packages to linux-image-2.6.28-13.45