openssl vulnerabilities

5 May 2014

openssl vulnerabilities

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

• Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 13.10
• Ubuntu 12.10
• Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

Summary

OpenSSL could be made to crash if it received specially crafted network traffic.

Software Description

• openssl - Secure Socket Layer (SSL) cryptographic library and tools

Details

It was discovered that OpenSSL incorrectly handled memory in the ssl3_read_bytes() function. A remote attacker could use this issue to possibly cause OpenSSL to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2010-5298)

It was discovered that OpenSSL incorrectly handled memory in the do_ssl3_write() function. A remote attacker could use this issue to possibly cause OpenSSL to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2014-0198)

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

libssl1.0.0 - 1.0.1f-1ubuntu2.1

Ubuntu 13.10

libssl1.0.0 - 1.0.1e-3ubuntu1.3

Ubuntu 12.10

libssl1.0.0 - 1.0.1c-3ubuntu2.8

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

libssl1.0.0 - 1.0.1-4ubuntu5.13

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.

References

• CVE-2010-5298
• CVE-2014-0198