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Ubuntu 15.04 And 14.04 LTS USN-2709-2 Moderate: Pollinate Entropy Issue

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=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-
The system would not have expected entropy available.

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.

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Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 15.04:
  pollinate                       4.11-0ubuntu2.2

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
  pollinate                       4.7-0ubuntu1.4

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/1506238

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October 14, 2015

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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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