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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2229-1
June 02, 2014
gnutls26 vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
– Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
– Ubuntu 13.10
– Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
– Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
Summary:
GnuTLS could be made to crash or run programs if it connected to a
malicious server.
Software Description:
– gnutls26: GNU TLS library
Details:
Joonas Kuorilehto discovered that GnuTLS incorrectly handled Server Hello
messages. A malicious remote server or a man in the middle could use this
issue to cause GnuTLS to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or
possibly execute arbitrary code.
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
libgnutls26 2.12.23-12ubuntu2.1
Ubuntu 13.10:
libgnutls26 2.12.23-1ubuntu4.3
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
libgnutls26 2.12.14-5ubuntu3.8
Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
libgnutls26 2.8.5-2ubuntu0.6
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2229-1
CVE-2014-3466
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnutls26/2.12.23-12ubuntu2.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnutls26/2.12.23-1ubuntu4.3
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnutls26/2.12.14-5ubuntu3.8
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnutls26/2.8.5-2ubuntu0.6
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