USN-1843-1: GnuTLS vulnerability
29 May 2013
GnuTLS could be made to crash if it received specially crafted network traffic.
Releases
Packages
- gnutls26 - GNU TLS library
Details
It was discovered that GnuTLS incorrectly handled certain padding bytes. A
remote attacker could use this flaw to cause an application using GnuTLS to
crash, leading to a denial of service.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 13.04
Ubuntu 12.10
Ubuntu 12.04
Ubuntu 10.04
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.