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Ubuntu: 6986-1 Severe: OpenSSL Denial Of Service Risk Summary

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Calendar Grey September 3, 2024
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
The Ubuntu Security Advisory USN-6986-1 addresses a vulnerability in OpenSSL that may result in potential data leakage or system instability.
OpenSSL could be made to crash or expose sensitive information if it received a specially crafted certificate.

Summary

OpenSSL could be made to crash or expose sensitive information

if it received a specially crafted certificate.

Software Description:

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

Details:

David Benjamin discovered that OpenSSL incorrectly handled certain

X.509 certificates. An attacker could possible use this issue to

cause a denial of service or expose sensitive information.

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service ubuntu openssl sensitive information

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
  libssl3t64                      3.0.13-0ubuntu3.4
  openssl                         3.0.13-0ubuntu3.4

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
  libssl3                         3.0.2-0ubuntu1.18
  openssl                         3.0.2-0ubuntu1.18

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6986-1

CVE-2024-6119

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6986-1

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service ubuntu openssl sensitive information

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openssl/3.0.13-0ubuntu3.4
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openssl/3.0.2-0ubuntu1.18

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