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Ubuntu 19.10: USN-4322-1 Critical: GnuTLS Info Exposure

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Calendar Grey April 7, 2020
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Ubuntu Security Advisory USN-4323-2 concerns curl; potential risk of data exposure identified in transmission.
GnuTLS could expose sensitive information over the network.

Summary

GnuTLS could expose sensitive information over the network.

Software Description:

- gnutls28: GNU TLS library

Details:

It was discovered that GnuTLS incorrectly handled randomness when

performing DTLS negotiation. A remote attacker could possibly use this

issue to obtain sensitive information, contrary to expectations.

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Topics Covered

security advisory information leak remote attack Ubuntu gnutls network exposure

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 19.10:
  libgnutls30                     3.6.9-5ubuntu1.1

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4322-1

CVE-2020-11501

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April 07, 2020

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Topics Covered

security advisory information leak remote attack Ubuntu gnutls network exposure

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnutls28/3.6.9-5ubuntu1.1

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