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USN-678-2: GnuTLS regression

10 December 2008

GnuTLS regression

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Details

USN-678-1 fixed a vulnerability in GnuTLS. The upstream patch introduced a
regression when validating certain certificate chains that would report valid
certificates as untrusted. This update fixes the problem.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

Original advisory details:

Martin von Gagern discovered that GnuTLS did not properly verify certificate
chains when the last certificate in the chain was self-signed. If a remote
attacker were able to perform a machine-in-the-middle attack, this flaw could be
exploited to view sensitive information. (CVE-2008-4989)

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Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 8.10
Ubuntu 8.04
Ubuntu 7.10
Ubuntu 6.06

In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the
necessary changes.