An application using OpenSSL could be made to crash or run programs if it opened a specially crafted file.
It was discovered that the fix for CVE-2012-2110 was incomplete for OpenSSL 0.9.8. 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. Ubuntu 11.10 was not affected by this issue. (CVE-2012-2131)
24 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 the fix for CVE-2012-2110 was incomplete for OpenSSL 0.9.8. 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. Ubuntu 11.10 was not affected by this issue. (CVE-2012-2131)
The original upstream fix for CVE-2012-2110 would cause BUF_MEM_grow_clean() to sometimes return the wrong error condition. This update fixes the problem.
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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