Ubuntu 16.04.6 LTS Released With APT Vulnerability Fix, Other Security Updates Included

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Ubuntu 16.04.6 LTS Released With APT Vulnerability Fix, Other Security Updates Included

Ubuntu 16.04.5 was scheduled to be the last point release of the Xenial Xerus, but the recent Debian APT security vulnerability led to Canonical coming up with Ubuntu 16.04.6 in order to ship this package management vulnerability with the Ubuntu 16.04 Long Term Support install media. That point release is now available...

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Ubuntu-16.04.6-LTS-Released

[dungeon]

For Debian LTS users there was also 8.11.1

https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/archive/8.11.1/

Well, these who use it probably already know

[Britoid]

CVE-2019-3462 was a funny exploit given it was discovered after a "why doesn't at use https" argument.

[Vistaus]

For Debian LTS users there was also 8.11.1

https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/archive/8.11.1/

Well, these who use it probably already know

And those who didn't were personally informed by Debian marketeer debianxfce