USN-1516-1: OpenSSL vulnerability

Releases

• Ubuntu 12.04

Packages

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

Details

It was discovered that OpenSSL incorrectly handled the SSL_OP_ALL setting.
This resulted in TLS 1.1 and TLS 1.2 being inadvertently disabled for
certain server and client applications.

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 12.04

• libssl1.0.0 - 1.0.1-4ubuntu5.3

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

References

• https://launchpad.net/bugs/1018998