Canonical announced today that it is working on the XNUMXth maintenance update for your Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Trusty Tahr long-term support system.
Following the release of Ubuntu 16.04.6 LTS that came to patch a security issue that affected the APT package manager allowing intruders to execute code as root user allowing total system lockdown, Canonical is now working on a fix for Ubuntu 14.04.6 LTS.
Ubuntu 14.04.6 LTS will be similar to Ubuntu 16.04.6 LTS, but in this case it will allow users to install the latest Ubuntu 16.04 LTS series without risking the APT vulnerability.
“The situation is a bit different here than in 16.04.6 because only a few environments are supported by Trusty today. Thinking that the end of the cycle for Ubuntu 14.04 is next month, that the developers of these environments participate in this update is completely optional. " Mentions Lukasz Zemczak in ad.
Ubuntu 14.04.6 LTS will arrive tomorrow, March 7
Canonical says that the Ubuntu 14.04.6 LTS update will be available tomorrow, March 7, and the Final Candidate (RC) release is now available for public testing.
If you want to try Ubuntu 14.04.6 LTS you can download the ISO from this link and report any problem on Launchpad.