Andy Polyakov discovered that the DTLS implementation in OpenSSL was vulnerable. A remote attacker could send a specially crafted connection request to services using DTLS and execute arbitrary code with the service’s privileges. There are no known Ubuntu applications that are currently using DTLS.
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
22 October 2007
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
Andy Polyakov discovered that the DTLS implementation in OpenSSL was vulnerable. A remote attacker could send a specially crafted connection request to services using DTLS and execute arbitrary code with the service’s privileges. There are no known Ubuntu applications that are currently using DTLS.
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 upgrade you need to reboot your computer to effect the necessary changes.
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