Ubuntu Security Notice 2459-1 - Pieter Wuille discovered that OpenSSL incorrectly handled Bignum squaring. Markus Stenberg discovered that OpenSSL incorrectly handled certain crafted DTLS messages. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause OpenSSL to crash, resulting in a denial of service. Karthikeyan Bhargavan discovered that OpenSSL incorrectly handled certain handshakes. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to downgrade to ECDH, removing forward secrecy from the ciphersuite. Various other issues were also addressed.
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2459-1
January 12, 2015
openssl vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 14.10
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
Summary:
Several security issues were fixed in OpenSSL.
Software Description:
- openssl: Secure Socket Layer (SSL) cryptographic library and tools
Details:
Pieter Wuille discovered that OpenSSL incorrectly handled Bignum squaring.
(CVE-2014-3570)
Markus Stenberg discovered that OpenSSL incorrectly handled certain crafted
DTLS messages. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause OpenSSL to
crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2014-3571)
Karthikeyan Bhargavan discovered that OpenSSL incorrectly handled certain
handshakes. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to downgrade to
ECDH, removing forward secrecy from the ciphersuite. (CVE-2014-3572)
Antti Karjalainen, Tuomo Untinen and Konrad Kraszewski discovered that
OpenSSL incorrectly handled certain certificate fingerprints. A remote
attacker could possibly use this issue to trick certain applications that
rely on the uniqueness of fingerprints. (CVE-2014-8275)
Karthikeyan Bhargavan discovered that OpenSSL incorrectly handled certain
key exchanges. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to downgrade
the security of the session to EXPORT_RSA. (CVE-2015-0204)
Karthikeyan Bhargavan discovered that OpenSSL incorrectly handled client
authentication. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to
authenticate without the use of a private key in certain limited scenarios.
This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 14.10. (CVE-2015-0205)
Chris Mueller discovered that OpenSSL incorrect handled memory when
processing DTLS records. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause
OpenSSL to consume resources, resulting in a denial of service. This issue
only affected Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 14.10.
(CVE-2015-0206)
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 14.10:
libssl1.0.0 1.0.1f-1ubuntu9.1
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
libssl1.0.0 1.0.1f-1ubuntu2.8
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
libssl1.0.0 1.0.1-4ubuntu5.21
Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
libssl0.9.8 0.9.8k-7ubuntu8.23
After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make
all the necessary changes.
References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2459-1
CVE-2014-3570, CVE-2014-3571, CVE-2014-3572, CVE-2014-8275,
CVE-2015-0204, CVE-2015-0205, CVE-2015-0206
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openssl/1.0.1f-1ubuntu9.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openssl/1.0.1f-1ubuntu2.8
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openssl/1.0.1-4ubuntu5.21
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openssl/0.9.8k-7ubuntu8.23