1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-6059-1

USN-6059-1: Erlang vulnerability

Publication date

8 May 2023

Overview

Erlang could allow unintended access to network services.

Releases

Packages

  • erlang - Concurrent, real-time, distributed functional language

Details

It was discovered that Erlang did not properly implement TLS client
certificate validation during the TLS handshake. A remote attacker could
use this issue to bypass client authentication.

It was discovered that Erlang did not properly implement TLS client
certificate validation during the TLS handshake. A remote attacker could
use this issue to bypass client authentication.

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
22.10 kinetic erlang-ssl –  1:24.3.4.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1
erlang –  1:24.3.4.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1
22.04 jammy erlang-ssl –  1:24.2.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1
erlang –  1:24.2.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1
20.04 focal erlang-ssl –  1:22.2.7+dfsg-1ubuntu0.2
erlang –  1:22.2.7+dfsg-1ubuntu0.2

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