Canonical Also Patches Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Against the Stack Clash Vulnerability

Canonical today announced that it released a new kernel security update for the Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin) operating system series to patch the infamous Stack Clash vulnerability discovered recently by Qualys Research Labs.

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS reached end of life a few weeks ago, on April 28, 2017, but Canonical is now providing ESM (Extended Security Maintenance) updates for those still using the operating system on their machines. That's why the company is now releasing an updated kernel to fix the security issue known as Stack Clash (CVE-2017-1000364), which was already patched in all the othe... (read more)

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