Hello all, There's a local exploit available for Debian and Ubuntu flavors (and probably others) of Linux:
http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/02/10/2011257 This means that most of the machines will be getting kernel updates in the next few days or sooner. Impact on ByteWorks: 1) Ubuntu infrastructure machines: for the mini-server, shop server, and samba fileserver this is probably a non-issue as it's a local exploit (i.e. has to be an inside job). As soon as the updated kernel comes out, the machines will be automatically updated. 2) Asterix machine (PBX phone system): don't know. Dan? 3) Ubuntu portion of classroom machines: whenever someone has a chance, the machines should be booted into Ubuntu, updated, and rebooted. 4) Debian portion of classroom machines: update, modify grub menu.lst manually on Ubuntu partition, reboot to test. In short, this is something we need to address soon, but it's not a emergency. Regards, - Robert
