1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-6046-1

USN-6046-1: OpenSSL-ibmca vulnerabilities

Publication date

27 April 2023

Overview

OpenSSL-ibmca could be made to expose sensitive information.

Releases

Packages

  • openssl-ibmca - libica based hardware acceleration engine for OpenSSL

Details

It was discovered that OpenSSL-ibmca incorrectly handled certain RSA decryption.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to expose sensitive information.

It was discovered that OpenSSL-ibmca incorrectly handled certain RSA decryption.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to expose sensitive information.

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
22.10 kinetic openssl-ibmca –  2.3.0-0ubuntu1.1
22.04 jammy openssl-ibmca –  2.2.3-0ubuntu1.1
20.04 focal openssl-ibmca –  2.1.0-0ubuntu1.20.04.2
18.04 bionic openssl-ibmca –  1.4.1-0ubuntu1.2
16.04 xenial openssl-ibmca –  1.3.0-0ubuntu2.16.04.3  

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