USN-2427-1: Libksba vulnerability

27 November 2014

Libksba could be made to crash or run programs if it opened a specially crafted file.

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Releases

Packages

  • libksba - X.509 and CMS support library

Details

Hanno Böck discovered that Libksba incorrectly handled certain S/MIME
messages or ECC based OpenPGP data. An attacker could use this issue to
cause Libksba to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly
execute arbitrary code.

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Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 14.10
Ubuntu 14.04
Ubuntu 12.04

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

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