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Posted on 08 January 2016
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2865-1
January 08, 2016
gnutls26, gnutls28 vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 15.04
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Summary:
GnuTLS could be made to expose sensitive information over the network.
Software Description:
- gnutls28: GNU TLS library
- gnutls26: GNU TLS library
Details:
Karthikeyan Bhargavan and Gaetan Leurent discovered that GnuTLS incorrectly
allowed MD5 to be used for TLS 1.2 connections. If a remote attacker were
able to perform a man-in-the-middle attack, this flaw could be exploited to
view sensitive information.
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 15.04:
libgnutls-deb0-28 3.3.8-3ubuntu3.2
libgnutls-openssl27 3.3.8-3ubuntu3.2
libgnutlsxx28 3.3.8-3ubuntu3.2
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
libgnutls-openssl27 2.12.23-12ubuntu2.4
libgnutls26 2.12.23-12ubuntu2.4
libgnutlsxx27 2.12.23-12ubuntu2.4
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
libgnutls-openssl27 2.12.14-5ubuntu3.11
libgnutls26 2.12.14-5ubuntu3.11
libgnutlsxx27 2.12.14-5ubuntu3.11
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2865-1
CVE-2015-7575
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnutls28/3.3.8-3ubuntu3.2
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnutls26/2.12.23-12ubuntu2.4
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnutls26/2.12.14-5ubuntu3.11
