USN-1424-1: OpenSSL vulnerabilities

Packages

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

Details

It was discovered that OpenSSL could be made to dereference a NULL pointer
when processing S/MIME messages. A remote attacker could use this to cause
a denial of service. These issues did not affect Ubuntu 8.04 LTS.
(CVE-2006-7250, CVE-2012-1165)

Tavis Ormandy discovered that OpenSSL did not properly perform bounds
checking when processing DER data via BIO or FILE functions. A remote
attacker could trigger this flaw in services that used SSL to cause a
denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code with application
privileges. (CVE-2012-2110)

It was discovered that OpenSSL could be made to dereference a NULL pointer
when processing S/MIME messages. A remote attacker could use this to cause
a denial of service. These issues did not affect Ubuntu 8.04 LTS.
(CVE-2006-7250, CVE-2012-1165)

Tavis Ormandy discovered that OpenSSL did not properly perform bounds
checking when processing DER data via BIO or FILE functions. A remote
attacker could trigger this flaw in services that used SSL to cause a
denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code with application
privileges. (CVE-2012-2110)

Update instructions

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

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Ubuntu Release	Package Version
8.04 hardy	libssl0.9.8 – 0.9.8g-4ubuntu3.17
11.10 oneiric	libssl1.0.0 – 1.0.0e-2ubuntu4.4
11.04 natty	libssl0.9.8 – 0.9.8o-5ubuntu1.4
10.04 lucid	libssl0.9.8 – 0.9.8k-7ubuntu8.10

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