=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5845-2
February 07, 2023

openssl vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 16.04 ESM
- Ubuntu 14.04 ESM

Summary:

Several security issues were fixed in OpenSSL.

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

Details:

USN-5845-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in OpenSSL. This update provides
the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM.

Original advisory details:

 David Benjamin discovered that OpenSSL incorrectly handled X.400 address
 processing. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to read
 arbitrary memory contents or cause OpenSSL to crash, resulting in a denial
 of service. (CVE-2023-0286)

 Octavio Galland and Marcel Böhme discovered that OpenSSL incorrectly
 handled streaming ASN.1 data. A remote attacker could use this issue to
 cause OpenSSL to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly
 execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-0215)

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 16.04 ESM:
  libssl1.0.0                     1.0.2g-1ubuntu4.20+esm6

Ubuntu 14.04 ESM:
  libssl1.0.0                     1.0.1f-1ubuntu2.27+esm6

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

References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5845-2
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5845-1
  CVE-2023-0215, CVE-2023-0286