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USN-6435-1: OpenSSL vulnerabilities

18 October 2023

OpenSSL could be made to consume resources and cause long delays if it processed certain input.

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Releases

Packages

  • openssl - Secure Socket Layer (SSL) cryptographic library and tools

Details

It was discovered that OpenSSL incorrectly handled excessively large
Diffie-Hellman parameters. An attacker could possibly use this issue
to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2023-3446)

Bernd Edlinger discovered that OpenSSL incorrectly handled excessively
large Diffie-Hellman parameters. An attacker could possibly use this
issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2023-3817)

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Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 18.04
Ubuntu 16.04

After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make
all the necessary changes.

Related notices

  • USN-6450-1: libssl-dev, libssl3, libssl-doc, openssl
  • USN-6435-2: openssl, libssl-dev, libssl-doc, libssl1.1
  • USN-6709-1: libssl1.0.0, libssl1.0-dev, openssl1.0
  • USN-7018-1: libssl-dev, libssl1.0.0, libssl-doc, openssl