USN-5750-1: GnuTLS vulnerability
30 November 2022
GnuTLS could be made to crash if it received specially crafted network traffic from an authenticated client.
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.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 16.04
-
libgnutls30
-
3.4.10-4ubuntu1.9+esm1
Available with Ubuntu Pro
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References
Related notices
- USN-5550-1: gnutls-doc, libgnutls30, guile-gnutls, gnutls28, libgnutls28-dev, libgnutls-openssl27, gnutls-bin, libgnutls-dane0, libgnutlsxx28