Blog posts tagged
"Extended Security Maintenance"

29 posts

Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos
30 March 2021

What lies on the second phase of Ubuntu LTS? Two years of Ubuntu 14.04 in ESM

Article Security

Two years ago, we launched the Extended Security Maintenance (ESM) phase of Ubuntu 14.04, providing access to CVE patches through an Ubuntu Advantage for Infrastructure free or paid subscription. This phase extended the lifecycle of Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, released in April 2014, to a total of ten years, ending in April 2024....

Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos
30 March 2021

Lech Sandecki
9 March 2021

Open source enterprise support vs free open source use

Article Cloud and server

Many enterprises use open source enterprise support from a vendor, such as Red Hat or Canonical, to boost uptime and peace of mind. Others choose to use open source without any additional vendor support, relying on one of the major benefits of open source – the robust community support that is freely available....

Lech Sandecki
9 March 2021

Lech Sandecki
8 December 2020

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS upgrade vs extended security maintenance

Article Ceph

Weighing the options with an Ubuntu 16.04 upgrade Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Xenial Xerus is transitioning from its five-year standard security maintenance window in four months, leaving many asking the question: can I manage an Ubuntu 16.04 LTS upgrade by April 2021, or do I need more time to plan this migration? In the Less than

Lech Sandecki
8 December 2020

Canonical
24 November 2020

Canonical publishes LTS Docker Image Portfolio on Docker Hub

Article Canonical announcements

Ten year maintenance commitment on app images provides secure cloud software supply chain November 24th 2020: Canonical has published the LTS Docker Image Portfolio, a curated set of secure container application images, on Docker Hub. The LTS Docker Image Portfolio comes with up to ten years Extended Security...

Canonical
24 November 2020

Lech Sandecki
11 November 2020

Less than 6 months to Ubuntu 16.04 ESM: 6 things to prepare

Article Apps

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Xenial Xerus will enter the extended security maintenance (ESM) period in April 2021. This article explains the ESM period and provides a guide for six key considerations when planning a migration path from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. Contact us with your ESM questions What is ESM? Every Ubuntu Long Term Support...

Lech Sandecki
11 November 2020

Alex Cattle
10 March 2020

Interana uses ESM to maintain system security while upgrading its customers to Ubuntu 18.04 LTS across public clouds

Case study Cloud and server

Interana, an analytics software provider, enables users to run advanced big data queries on raw customer data and delivers answers in seconds. Their customers include Microsoft, Comcast and Salesforce. Interana’s leading-edge platform is based on Ubuntu and deployed directly inside customers’ public cloud environments....

Alex Cattle
10 March 2020

Lech Sandecki
10 December 2019

CVE patching alone is not making your Linux secure

Article Ubuntu

Would you like to enhance your Linux security? Do you wonder what factors should be considered when evaluating your open source security from both – the infrastructure and the application perspectives? Are you keen to learn the Ubuntu security team approach? I’ve learned that CVE patching is indeed an important puzzle,...

Lech Sandecki
10 December 2019

Canonical
5 November 2019

Access ESM, now free to the community, via the updated Ubuntu Advantage client

Article Cloud and server

Canonical is happy to announce that all community users are entitled to a free Ubuntu Advantage for Infrastructure account for access to Extended Security Maintenance (ESM) and Kernel Livepatch* for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) for up to three machines, and up to 50 machines for all official Ubuntu Members. ESM...

Canonical
5 November 2019

Lech Sandecki
22 October 2019

How Ubuntu Advantage for Infrastructure delivers top-notch Linux security

Article Ubuntu

Linux security is central to each release of Ubuntu, the most widely-used Linux distribution. With Ubuntu’s predictable six-month release cycle, users know when to expect the latest upstream open source capabilities and security. Long Term Support (LTS) vs Interim releases Every two years in April, a Long Term Support...

Lech Sandecki
22 October 2019

Canonical
5 July 2019

Ubuntu updates for TCP SACK Panic vulnerabilities

Article Cloud and server

Issues have been identified in the way the Linux kernel’s TCP implementation processes Selective Acknowledgement (SACK) options and handles low Maximum Segment Size (MSS) values. These TCP SACK Panic vulnerabilities could expose servers to a denial of service attack, so it is crucial to have systems patched. Updated...

Canonical
5 July 2019

Alex Murray
14 May 2019

Ubuntu updates to mitigate new Microarchitectural Data Sampling (MDS) vulnerabilities

Article Cloud and server

Microarchitectural Data Sampling (MDS) describes a group of vulnerabilities (CVE-2018-12126, CVE-2018-12127, CVE-2018-12130, and CVE-2019-11091) in various Intel microprocessors, which allow a malicious process to read various information from another process which is executing on the same CPU core. This occurs due to...

Alex Murray
14 May 2019

Canonical
7 May 2019

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS has transitioned to ESM support

Article Cloud and server

Extended Security Maintenance (ESM) is now available for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS to provide ongoing security patches for high and critical CVEs for UA Infrastructure customers.

Canonical
7 May 2019

Canonical
7 March 2019

How to ensure the ongoing security and compliance of Ubuntu 14.04 LTS ‘Trusty Tahr’

Article Cloud and server

As 14.04 reaches the end of its five-year, Standard Security Maintenance, LTS window in April 2019, support for the OS is transitioning into a new phase – Extended Security Maintenance (ESM).

Canonical
7 March 2019

Canonical
5 February 2019

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Trusty Tahr Extended Security Maintenance

Article Desktop

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS – As 14.04 reaches the end of its five-year LTS window in April 2019, Ubuntu 14.04 LTS ‘Trusty Tahr’ transitions to Extended Security Maintenance (ESM). ESM is a feature available through Ubuntu Advantage, Canonical’s commercial support package. ESM as a stand-alone addition was available for 12.04...

Canonical
5 February 2019

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