Karthikeyan Bhargavan and Gaetan Leurent at INRIA discovered a flaw in the TLS 1.2 protocol which could allow the MD5 hash function to be used for signing ServerKeyExchange and Client Authentication packets during a TLS handshake. A man-in-the-middle attacker could exploit this flaw to . - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-3437-1
Karthikeyan Bhargavan and Gaetan Leurent at INRIA discovered a flaw in the TLS 1.2 protocol which could allow the MD5 hash function to be used for signing ServerKeyExchange and Client Authentication packets during a TLS handshake. A man-in-the-middle attacker could exploit this flaw to . - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-3436-1
Qt applications could be made to expose sensitive information overthe network.. =========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1628-1 November 08, 2012 qt4-x11 vulnerability ========================================================================= A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 12.04 LTS - Ubuntu 11.10 - Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Summary: Qt applications could be made to expose sensitive information over the network. Software Description: - qt4-x11: Qt 4 libraries Details: Juliano Rizzo and Thai Duong discovered a flaw in the Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol when it is used with data compression. If an attacker were able to perform a man-in-the-middle attack, this flaw could be exploited to view sensitive information. This update disables TLS data compression in Qt by default. Update instructions: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: libqt4-network 4:4.8.1-0ubuntu4.3 Ubuntu 11.10: libqt4-network 4:4.7.4-0ubuntu8.2 Ubuntu 10.04 LTS: libqt4-network 4:4.6.2-0ubuntu5.5 After a standard system update you need to restart any KDE sessions or applications linked against Qt to make all the necessary changes. References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1628-1 CVE-2012-4929 Package Information: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/qt4-x11/4:4.8.1-0ubuntu4.3 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/qt4-x11/4:4.7.4-0ubuntu8.2 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/qt4-x11/4:4.6.2-0ubuntu5.5 . Qt applications running on Ubuntu are at risk of revealing confidential data due to a TLS vulnerability. It is important to install an update to address this security issue.. Qt Security, Ubuntu Update, Network Protection, TLS Issue. . Severity: Critical. LinuxSecurity.com Team
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