USN-5550-1: GnuTLS vulnerabilities
4 August 2022
Several security issues were fixed in GnuTLS.
Releases
Packages
- gnutls28 - GNU TLS library
Details
It was discovered that GnuTLS incorrectly handled certain memory
operations. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause GnuTLS
to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu
18.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2021-4209)
It was discovered that GnuTLS incorrectly handled the verification of
certain pkcs7 signatures. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause
GnuTLS to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute
arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-2509)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 22.04
Ubuntu 20.04
Ubuntu 18.04
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References
Related notices
- USN-5750-1: libgnutls-dev, libgnutls-openssl27, libgnutls28-dev, libgnutlsxx28, gnutls-doc, libgnutls30, gnutls-bin, guile-gnutls, gnutls28