USN-2403-1: GnuTLS vulnerability
11 November 2014
GnuTLS could be made to crash or run programs if it processed a specially crafted certificate.
Releases
Packages
- gnutls28 - GNU TLS library - commandline utilities
Details
Sean Burford discovered that GnuTLS incorrectly handled printing certain
elliptic curve parameters. A malicious remote server or client could use
this issue to cause GnuTLS to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or
possibly execute arbitrary code.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 14.10
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gnutls-bin
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3.2.16-1ubuntu2.1
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libgnutls-openssl27
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3.2.16-1ubuntu2.1
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libgnutls-deb0-28
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3.2.16-1ubuntu2.1
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libgnutlsxx28
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3.2.16-1ubuntu2.1
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.