bugtraq - [UPRSN] Ubuntu Privacy Remix 8.04r2 introduces "noexec"-mounting by default

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Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2008 10:55:49 +0100
From: Ubuntu Privacy Remix Team <security_notice@...vacy-cd.org>
To: bugtraq@...urityfocus.com
Subject: [UPRSN] Ubuntu Privacy Remix 8.04r2 introduces "noexec"-mounting
 by default

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UPR Security Notice UPRSN-08_02           December 22, 2008

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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. It
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_r2.

Ubuntu Privacy Remix 8.04_r2 can be downloaded from
https://www.privacy-cd.org/

A. UPR-specific
- ---------------
Removable media is mounted noexec by default
This closes the possibility of infecting the running system with
malicious software
executed from removable media formatted with vfat, ntfs, ext2 or ext3.


B. Security Updates adopted from Ubuntu
- ---------------------------------------
All Ubuntu Updates and Security Updates released since the last
UPR-release until
20081219 are added.
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Ubuntu Privacy Remix Project
web:            www.privacy-cd.org
mail:            info@...vacy-cd.org
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
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