-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 ########################################################### UPR Security Notice UPRSN-08_03 January 16, 2009 several vulnerabilities ########################################################### Ubuntu Privacy Remix (UPR), based on Ubuntu 8.04 (LTS), is a live, read-only CD that seals off your private data from the outside world to offer protection against spying measures such as the german „Bundestrojaner“, with which the German government and federal police tries to spy on its citizens. UPR does this using encryption and isolation methods. This method of booting off a read-only CD provides a isolated and unmodifiable system that is exceedingly difficult to compromise by spyware. The following security issues affect the "Ubuntu Privacy Remix" releases prior 8.04_r3. Ubuntu Privacy Remix 8.04_r1 can be downloaded from https://www.privacy-cd.org/ A. UPR-specific - --------------- 1. New feature to overwrite memory on shutdown which prevents that remains of the UPR system (e.g. encryption keys) are still readable from RAM after reboot from a compromised local operating system (see article “The Problem of „Cold Boot Attacks“” for details: https://www.privacy-cd.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=70%3Acold-boot-angriffe&catid=19%3Afeatures&Itemid=35&lang=en). B. Security Updates adopted from Ubuntu - --------------------------------------- All packages with security-fixes in Ubuntu 8.04 until 02/10/2009 have been updated. Among others the sources, the UPR-Kernel ist based on, were updated to Ubuntu source-package 2.6.24-23. See the complete changelog (new functions and features, bugfixes) here: https://www.privacy-cd.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=66&Itemid=89&lang=en - -- - --------- Ubuntu Privacy Remix Project web: www.privacy-cd.org mail: info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx bugreports: https://bugs.launchpad.net/upr signing_key: 1E8E7D6A | Fingerprint: C87A 673C 4EDD F7CC 5C89 4B77 7AC5 2496 1E8E 7D6A communication_key: 85AC2E72 | Fingerprint: 83A9 0DE1 17B1 F74B 8E1A 0353 29E6 DD3E 85AC 2E72 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFJmZjFKebdPoWsLnIRAh7OAJ91I9Jn6JR2cyd9hjTrle39KQZfKwCfS1HK UC57Ng1Pyr1YvAY5D3uznJY= =4rFP -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
