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Ubuntu 26.04 GnuTLS Important Denial Of Service USN-8284-1

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Calendar Grey May 20, 2026
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Multiple security fixes for GnuTLS address critical issues with denial of service and sensitive data exposure in Ubuntu.
Several security issues were fixed in GnuTLS.

Summary

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 26.04 LTS - Ubuntu 25.10 - Ubuntu 24.04 LTS - Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Summary: Several security issues were fixed in GnuTLS. Software Description: - gnutls28: GNU TLS library Details: Joshua Rogers discovered that GnuTLS did not properly handle malformed DTLS handshake fragments in certain cases. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information, or cause a denial of service. (CVE-2026-33845) Haruto Kimura, Oscar Reparaz, and Zou Dikai discovered that GnuTLS did not properly validate DTLS handshake fragment lengths in certain cases. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause GnuTLS to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2026-33846) Oleh Konko and Joshua Rogers discovered that GnuTLS did not properly validate OCSP responses in certain cases. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass certificate revocation ch...

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Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 26.04 LTS libgnutls30t64 3.8.12-2ubuntu1.1 Ubuntu 25.10 libgnutls30t64 3.8.9-3ubuntu2.2 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS libgnutls30t64 3.8.3-1.1ubuntu3.6 Ubuntu 22.04 LTS libgnutls30 3.7.3-4ubuntu1.9 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8284-1

CVE-2026-33845, CVE-2026-33846, CVE-2026-3832, CVE-2026-3833,

CVE-2026-42009, CVE-2026-42010, CVE-2026-42011, CVE-2026-42012,

CVE-2026-42013, CVE-2026-42014, CVE-2026-42015, CVE-2026-5260,

CVE-2026-5419

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-8284-1

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnutls28/3.8.12-2ubuntu1.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnutls28/3.8.9-3ubuntu2.2 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnutls28/3.8.3-1.1ubuntu3.6 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnutls28/3.7.3-4ubuntu1.9

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