Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2914-1
1st March, 2016
openssl vulnerabilities
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its
derivatives:
- Ubuntu 15.10
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Summary
Several security issues were fixed in OpenSSL.
Software description
- openssl
– Secure Socket Layer (SSL) cryptographic library and tools
Details
Yuval Yarom, Daniel Genkin, and Nadia Heninger discovered that OpenSSL was
vulnerable to a side-channel attack on modular exponentiation. On certain
CPUs, a local attacker could possibly use this issue to recover RSA keys.
This flaw is known as CacheBleed. (CVE-2016-0702)
Adam Langley discovered that OpenSSL incorrectly handled memory when
parsing DSA private keys. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause
OpenSSL to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute
arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-0705)
Guido Vranken discovered that OpenSSL incorrectly handled hex digit
calculation in the BN_hex2bn function. A remote attacker could use this
issue to cause OpenSSL to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or
possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-0797)
Emilia Käsper discovered that OpenSSL incorrectly handled memory when
performing SRP user database lookups. A remote attacker could possibly use
this issue to cause OpenSSL to consume memory, resulting in a denial of
service. (CVE-2016-0798)
Guido Vranken discovered that OpenSSL incorrectly handled memory when
printing very long strings. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause
OpenSSL to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute
arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-0799)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package version:
- Ubuntu 15.10:
-
libssl1.0.0
1.0.2d-0ubuntu1.4
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
-
libssl1.0.0
1.0.1f-1ubuntu2.18
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
-
libssl1.0.0
1.0.1-4ubuntu5.35
To update your system, please follow these instructions:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make
all the necessary changes.