{"id":34634,"date":"2021-09-17T17:43:05","date_gmt":"2021-09-17T17:43:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=34634"},"modified":"2021-09-17T17:43:05","modified_gmt":"2021-09-17T17:43:05","slug":"ubuntu-18-04-6-lts-is-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2021\/09\/ubuntu-18-04-6-lts-is-out\/","title":{"rendered":"The Six Point Release Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS is Out!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Ubuntu team announced the six point release for Ubuntu 18.04 today for the Desktop and Server.<\/p>\n

Ubuntu 18.04.6<\/a> refreshed the disc images for the amd64 and arm64 architecture, re-enabling the usage on Secure Boot enabled systems due to the key revocation related to the BootHole vulnerability.<\/p>\n

In August 2020, a set of security vulnerabilities in GRUB2 (the GRand Unified Bootloader version 2) collectively known as BootHole were disclosed. Today, another set of vulnerabilities in GRUB2 were disclosed, with similar implications.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

See more in this blog post<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The release also includes many other security updates for additional high-impact bug fixes, with a focus on maintaining stability and compatibility with Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.<\/p>\n

Download Ubuntu 18.04.6:<\/h4>\n

Ubuntu 18.04 has 5 year standard security support, and additional 5 year Extended Security Maintenance<\/a> (esm) free for personal use.<\/p>\n

To download Ubuntu 18.04.6, go the the link below:<\/p>\n

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Download Ubuntu<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

For Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, it’s able to upgrade to Ubuntu 18.04.6 using the Update Manger. See the documentation<\/a> for more.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Ubuntu team announced the six point release for Ubuntu 18.04 today for the Desktop and Server. Ubuntu 18.04.6 refreshed the disc images for the amd64 and arm64 architecture, re-enabling the usage on Secure Boot enabled systems due to the key revocation related to the BootHole vulnerability. In August 2020, a set of security vulnerabilities […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":34635,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34634","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34634","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34634"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34634\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34635"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34634"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34634"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34634"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}