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Ubuntu 12.04 LTS USN-2863-1 Critical OpenSSL Information Exposure

Ubuntu Large Esm H500
OpenSSL could be made to expose sensitive information over the network.
=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2863-1
January 07, 2016

openssl vulnerability
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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 versions:

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
  libssl1.0.0                     1.0.1-4ubuntu5.33

After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make
all the necessary changes.

References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2863-1
  CVE-2015-7575

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openssl/1.0.1-4ubuntu5.33


Ubuntu 12.04 LTS USN-2863-1 Critical OpenSSL Information Exposure

ubuntu
Calendar Grey January 7, 2016
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Utilize OpenSSL to reveal confidential data on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. Revised guidelines supplied for urgent security remedial action.
OpenSSL could be made to expose sensitive information over the network.

Summary

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: libssl1.0.0 1.0.1-4ubuntu5.33 After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2863-1

CVE-2015-7575

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January 07, 2016

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openssl/1.0.1-4ubuntu5.33

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