1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-2121-1

USN-2121-1: GnuTLS vulnerability

Publication date

25 February 2014

Overview

GnuTLS incorrectly validated certain intermediate certificates.

Releases

Packages

Details

Suman Jana discovered that GnuTLS incorrectly handled version 1
intermediate certificates. This resulted in them being considered to be a
valid CA certificate by default, which was contrary to documented
behaviour.

Suman Jana discovered that GnuTLS incorrectly handled version 1
intermediate certificates. This resulted in them being considered to be a
valid CA certificate by default, which was contrary to documented
behaviour.

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will 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
13.10 saucy libgnutls26 –  2.12.23-1ubuntu4.1
12.10 quantal libgnutls26 –  2.12.14-5ubuntu4.5
12.04 precise libgnutls26 –  2.12.14-5ubuntu3.6

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