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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2863-1
7th January, 2016
openssl vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Summary
OpenSSL could be made to expose sensitive information over the network.
Software description
- openssl - Secure Socket Layer (SSL) cryptographic library and tools
Details
Karthikeyan Bhargavan and Gaetan Leurent discovered that OpenSSL
incorrectly allowed MD5 to be used for TLS 1.2 connections. If a remote
attacker were able to perform a man-in-the-middle attack, this flaw could
be exploited to view sensitive information.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version:
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
- libssl1.0.0 1.0.1-4ubuntu5.33
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.