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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS: GnuTLS Important Denial of Service Vuln USN-7742-1

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Calendar Grey September 10, 2025
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Ubuntu Advisory USN-7743-1 addresses vulnerabilities in OpenSSL across various versions that may allow unauthorized remote code execution.
Several security issues were fixed in GnuTLS.

Summary

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,...

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Update Instructions

The 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.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7742-1

CVE-2025-32988, CVE-2025-32990, CVE-2025-6395

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