Ubuntu 24.04 security patch for Ubuntu Pro only

[nate]

On 2026-03-11 12:43, Mike Kupfer wrote:

> I just signed up for Pro today and got updates for imagemagick and
> emacs-lucid.
> 
>> Everything I have read says ESM does nothing(from a security
>> standpoint) other than extend the lifetime of LTS.
> 
> Based on what I've read, ESM gives you access to additional security
> fixes for packages in Universe.  You don't have to wait for someone in
> the community to apply the fix and respin the package, nor do you have
> to track down the fix and build from source.

That is good to know thanks, still murky though, just because you have 
ESM doesn't mean Ubuntu will get around to patching every security issue 
in Universe, just what
some customers are willing to pay extra for I guess(by sponsoring a 
patch as you mention), but that's a very unreliable way to treat things, 
since the customer has
no idea what issues may get fixed(or even which issues may NOT get 
fixed, unless they are manually tracking security of the packages 
independently of Ubuntu security
advisories which would be quite a headache).

thanks

nate