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Ubuntu 18.10 USN-3840-1 Moderate: OpenSSL Timing Attacks Fixed

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Several security issues were fixed in OpenSSL.
=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3840-1
December 06, 2018

openssl, openssl1.0 vulnerabilities
=========================================================================
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 18.10
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Summary:

Several security issues were fixed in OpenSSL.

Software Description:
- openssl: Secure Socket Layer (SSL) cryptographic library and tools
- openssl1.0: Secure Socket Layer (SSL) cryptographic library and tools

Details:

Samuel Weiser discovered that OpenSSL incorrectly handled DSA signing. An
attacker could possibly use this issue to perform a timing side-channel
attack and recover private DSA keys. (CVE-2018-0734)

Samuel Weiser discovered that OpenSSL incorrectly handled ECDSA signing. An
attacker could possibly use this issue to perform a timing side-channel
attack and recover private ECDSA keys. This issue only affected Ubuntu
18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.10. (CVE-2018-0735)

Billy Bob Brumley, Cesar Pereida Garcia, Sohaib ul Hassan, Nicola Tuveri,
and Alejandro Cabrera Aldaya discovered that Simultaneous Multithreading
(SMT) architectures are vulnerable to side-channel leakage. This issue is
known as "PortSmash". An attacker could possibly use this issue to perform
a timing side-channel attack and recover private keys. (CVE-2018-5407)

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 18.10:
  libssl1.0.0                     1.0.2n-1ubuntu6.1
  libssl1.1                       1.1.1-1ubuntu2.1

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
  libssl1.0.0                     1.0.2n-1ubuntu5.2
  libssl1.1                       1.1.0g-2ubuntu4.3

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
  libssl1.0.0                     1.0.2g-1ubuntu4.14

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
  libssl1.0.0                     1.0.1f-1ubuntu2.27

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

References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3840-1
  CVE-2018-0734, CVE-2018-0735, CVE-2018-5407

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openssl/1.1.1-1ubuntu2.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openssl1.0/1.0.2n-1ubuntu6.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openssl/1.1.0g-2ubuntu4.3
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openssl1.0/1.0.2n-1ubuntu5.2
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openssl/1.0.2g-1ubuntu4.14
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openssl/1.0.1f-1ubuntu2.27

Ubuntu 18.10 USN-3840-1 Moderate: OpenSSL Timing Attacks Fixed

ubuntu
Calendar Grey December 6, 2018
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Multiple vulnerabilities addressed in OpenSSL impacting various Ubuntu editions. It's crucial to upgrade your system to safeguard against possible threats.
Several security issues were fixed in OpenSSL.

Summary

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 18.10: libssl1.0.0 1.0.2n-1ubuntu6.1 libssl1.1 1.1.1-1ubuntu2.1 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS: libssl1.0.0 1.0.2n-1ubuntu5.2 libssl1.1 1.1.0g-2ubuntu4.3 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: libssl1.0.0 1.0.2g-1ubuntu4.14 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: libssl1.0.0 1.0.1f-1ubuntu2.27 After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3840-1

CVE-2018-0734, CVE-2018-0735, CVE-2018-5407

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December 06, 2018

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openssl/1.1.1-1ubuntu2.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openssl1.0/1.0.2n-1ubuntu6.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openssl/1.1.0g-2ubuntu4.3 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openssl1.0/1.0.2n-1ubuntu5.2 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openssl/1.0.2g-1ubuntu4.14 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openssl/1.0.1f-1ubuntu2.27

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