A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 20.04 LTS - Ubuntu 18.04 LTS - Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Summary: Several security issues were fixed in GnuTLS. Software Description: - gnutls28: GNU TLS library Details: It was discovered that GnuTLS incorrectly handled exporting Subject Alternative Name (SAN) entries containing an otherName. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause GnuTLS to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2025-32988) It was discovered that the GnuTLS certtool utility incorrectly handled parsing certain template files. An attacker could use this issue to cause GnuTLS to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2025-32990) Stefan Bühler discovered that GnuTLS incorrectly handled parsing certain template files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause GnuTLS to crash,...
Read the Full AdvisoryThe problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS libgnutls30 3.6.13-2ubuntu1.12+esm1 Available with Ubuntu Pro Ubuntu 18.04 LTS libgnutls30 3.5.18-1ubuntu1.6+esm2 Available with Ubuntu Pro Ubuntu 16.04 LTS libgnutls30 3.4.10-4ubuntu1.9+esm2 Available with Ubuntu Pro In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7742-1
CVE-2025-32988, CVE-2025-32990, CVE-2025-6395
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