USN-1037-1: ifupdown update

6 January 2011

This update ensures the DHCP client AppArmor profile is always loaded before DHCP client starts.

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Releases

Packages

  • ifupdown - high level tools to configure network interfaces

Details

Under certain circumstances, the DHCP client could start before its
AppArmor profile was loaded and therefore run unconfined. This update
ensures the AppArmor profile is loaded before DHCP client starts.

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Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 10.10
Ubuntu 10.04

After a standard system update you need to restart your DHCP network
interfaces to make all the necessary changes.

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