USN-2709-2: pollinate update

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2709-2

14th October, 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 version:

Ubuntu 15.04:
pollinate 4.11-0ubuntu2.2
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
pollinate 4.7-0ubuntu1.4

To update your system, please follow these instructions: http://ift.tt/17VXqjU.

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

References

LP: 1506238



from Ubuntu Security Notices http://ift.tt/1LP4ELY