=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2709-1
August 14, 2015

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

- Ubuntu 15.04
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

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.

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://launchpad.net/bugs/1483762

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

Ubuntu 2709-1: pollinate update

August 14, 2015
The certificate bundled with pollinate has been refreshed.

Summary

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://launchpad.net/bugs/1483762

Severity
August 14, 2015

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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