don't apt-get dist-upgrade for now - wait for workaround - CVE-2016-1252

[Patrick]

Originally published at: News - Whonix Forum

Update, see:

• https://www.whonix.org/wiki/CVE-2016-1252
• https://forums.whonix.org/t/how-to-upgrade-debian-whonix-etc-without-being-compromised-by-cve-2016-1252

Short: Don’t ‘apt-get dist-upgrade’ for now until a workaround was published

We are currently discussing this Debian apt-get security issue.

• https://forums.whonix.org/t/apt-get-upgrading-security-issue-cve-2016-1252
• https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/2520

This blog post will later be updated. Another security advisory blog post will be published later.

[Patrick]

This thread is now obsolete. Closing. On the security issue, use the following thread for support requests instead:

https://forums.whonix.org/t/how-to-upgrade-debian-whonix-etc-without-being-compromised-by-cve-2016-1252