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Ubuntu 15.04 & 14.04 USN-2709-1: Pollinate Certificate Update

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2709-1 outlines the update of the certificate included with pollinate to enhance security measures.
The certificate bundled with pollinate has been refreshed.

Summary

The certificate bundled with pollinate has been refreshed.

Software Description:

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

Details:

The pollinate package bundles the certificate for entropy.ubuntu.com. This

update refreshes the certificate to match the new certificate for the

server.

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Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 15.04:
  pollinate                       4.11-0ubuntu2.1

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
  pollinate                       4.7-0ubuntu1.3

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2709-1

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pollinate/+bug/1483762

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Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pollinate/4.11-0ubuntu2.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pollinate/4.7-0ubuntu1.3

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