An application using OpenSSL could be made to crash or run programs if it opened a specially crafted file.
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)
19 April 2012
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
An application using OpenSSL could be made to crash or run programs if it opened a specially crafted file.
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)
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make all the necessary changes.
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