USN-5502-1: OpenSSL vulnerability
5 July 2022
OpenSSL could be made to expose sensitive information over the network.
Releases
Packages
- openssl - Secure Socket Layer (SSL) cryptographic library and tools
Details
Alex Chernyakhovsky discovered that OpenSSL incorrectly handled AES OCB
mode when using the AES-NI assembly optimized implementation on 32-bit
x86 platforms. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain
sensitive information.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 22.04
Ubuntu 21.10
Ubuntu 20.04
Ubuntu 18.04
After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make all
the necessary changes.
References
Related notices
- USN-6457-1: libnode72, libnode-dev, nodejs-doc, nodejs