1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-2624-1

USN-2624-1: OpenSSL update

Publication date

1 June 2015

Overview

The export cipher suites have been disabled in OpenSSL.

Releases

Packages

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

Details

As a security improvement, this update removes the export cipher suites
from the default cipher list to prevent their use in possible downgrade
attacks.

As a security improvement, this update removes the export cipher suites
from the default cipher list to prevent their use in possible downgrade
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
15.04 vivid libssl1.0.0 –  1.0.1f-1ubuntu11.1
14.10 utopic libssl1.0.0 –  1.0.1f-1ubuntu9.5
14.04 trusty libssl1.0.0 –  1.0.1f-1ubuntu2.12
12.04 precise libssl1.0.0 –  1.0.1-4ubuntu5.28

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