openssl vulnerabilities

17 April 2018

openssl vulnerabilities

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

• Ubuntu 12.04 ESM

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in OpenSSL.

Software Description

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

Details

USN-3611-1 fixed a vulnerability in OpenSSL. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that OpenSSL incorrectly parsed the IPAddressFamily extension in X.509 certificates, resulting in an erroneous display of the certificate in text format. (CVE-2017-3735)

It was discovered that OpenSSL incorrectly handled certain ASN.1 types. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2018-0739)

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 12.04 ESM

libssl1.0.0 - 1.0.1-4ubuntu5.40

openssl - 1.0.1-4ubuntu5.40

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

• USN-3611-1
• CVE-2017-3735
• CVE-2018-0739