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Ubuntu: USN-2865-1 Moderate: GnuTLS Man-In-The-Middle Threat

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GnuTLS could be made to expose sensitive information over the network.
=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2865-1
January 08, 2016

gnutls26, gnutls28 vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 15.04
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

Summary:

GnuTLS could be made to expose sensitive information over the network.

Software Description:
- gnutls28: GNU TLS library
- gnutls26: GNU TLS library

Details:

Karthikeyan Bhargavan and Gaetan Leurent discovered that GnuTLS 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 15.04:
  libgnutls-deb0-28               3.3.8-3ubuntu3.2
  libgnutls-openssl27             3.3.8-3ubuntu3.2
  libgnutlsxx28                   3.3.8-3ubuntu3.2

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
  libgnutls-openssl27             2.12.23-12ubuntu2.4
  libgnutls26                     2.12.23-12ubuntu2.4
  libgnutlsxx27                   2.12.23-12ubuntu2.4

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
  libgnutls-openssl27             2.12.14-5ubuntu3.11
  libgnutls26                     2.12.14-5ubuntu3.11
  libgnutlsxx27                   2.12.14-5ubuntu3.11

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2865-1
  CVE-2015-7575

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnutls28/3.3.8-3ubuntu3.2
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnutls26/2.12.23-12ubuntu2.4
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnutls26/2.12.14-5ubuntu3.11


Ubuntu: USN-2865-1 Moderate: GnuTLS Man-In-The-Middle Threat

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2865-1 addresses a vulnerability in GnuTLS that has the potential to leak confidential information through network communications.
GnuTLS 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 15.04: libgnutls-deb0-28 3.3.8-3ubuntu3.2 libgnutls-openssl27 3.3.8-3ubuntu3.2 libgnutlsxx28 3.3.8-3ubuntu3.2 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: libgnutls-openssl27 2.12.23-12ubuntu2.4 libgnutls26 2.12.23-12ubuntu2.4 libgnutlsxx27 2.12.23-12ubuntu2.4 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: libgnutls-openssl27 2.12.14-5ubuntu3.11 libgnutls26 2.12.14-5ubuntu3.11 libgnutlsxx27 2.12.14-5ubuntu3.11 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2865-1

CVE-2015-7575

January 08, 2016

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnutls28/3.3.8-3ubuntu3.2 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnutls26/2.12.23-12ubuntu2.4 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnutls26/2.12.14-5ubuntu3.11

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