1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-1018-1

USN-1018-1: OpenSSL vulnerability

Publication date

18 November 2010

Overview

Releases

Packages

Details

Rob Hulswit discovered a race condition in the OpenSSL TLS server
extension parsing code when used within a threaded server. A remote
attacker could trigger this flaw to cause a denial of service
or possibly execute arbitrary code with application privileges.
(CVE-2010-3864)

Rob Hulswit discovered a race condition in the OpenSSL TLS server
extension parsing code when used within a threaded server. A remote
attacker could trigger this flaw to cause a denial of service
or possibly execute arbitrary code with application privileges.
(CVE-2010-3864)

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
9.10 karmic libssl0.9.8 –  0.9.8g-16ubuntu3.4
8.04 hardy libssl0.9.8 –  0.9.8g-4ubuntu3.12
10.10 maverick libssl0.9.8 –  0.9.8o-1ubuntu4.2
10.04 lucid libssl0.9.8 –  0.9.8k-7ubuntu8.4

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