Canonical Ubuntu-based operating systems
The Ubuntu security and patching ecosystem is very similar to Red Hat. Security updates are released by Canonical's Ubuntu developers whenever they discover and patch vulnerabilities. Security notices can be delivered via email or by subscribing through RSS. Ubuntu allows you to have security updates automatically installed—once configured, you won't need to run security updates manually again. However, best practice dictates that automatic patching only be used in lab and development environments. Ubuntu allows users to configure automatic security updates through unattended upgrades using cron-apt. Similar behavior can be applied to Red Hat hosts using yum-cron with update_cmd = minimal- security-severity:Important ...
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