USN-6663-3: OpenSSL update

Publication date

23 May 2024

Overview

Add implicit rejection in PKCS#1 v1.5 in OpenSSL.

Releases


Packages

  • openssl - Secure Socket Layer (SSL) cryptographic library and tools

Details

USN-6663-1 provided a security update for OpenSSL.
This update provides the corresponding update for
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS.

Original advisory details:

As a security improvement, OpenSSL will now
return deterministic random bytes instead of an error
when detecting wrong padding in PKCS#1 v1.5 RSA
to prevent its use in possible Bleichenbacher timing attacks.

USN-6663-1 provided a security update for OpenSSL.
This update provides the corresponding update for
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS.

Original advisory details:

As a security improvement, OpenSSL will now
return deterministic random bytes instead of an error
when detecting wrong padding in PKCS#1 v1.5 RSA
to prevent its use in possible Bleichenbacher timing attacks.

Update instructions

After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

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

Ubuntu Release Package Version
24.04 noble libssl-doc –  3.0.13-0ubuntu3.1
libssl3t64 –  3.0.13-0ubuntu3.1
openssl –  3.0.13-0ubuntu3.1

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