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[USN-5051-2] OpenSSL vulnerability

Severity Medium
Affected Packages 8
CVEs 1
Info Packages Vulnerabilities

OpenSSL could be made to crash or expose sensitive information if it received a specially crafted ASN.1 string.

USN-5051-1 fixed a vulnerability in OpenSSL. This update provides
the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM.

Original advisory details:

Ingo Schwarze discovered that OpenSSL incorrectly handled certain ASN.1
strings. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause OpenSSL to crash,
resulting in a denial of service, or possibly obtain sensitive information.
(CVE-2021-3712)

Package Affected Version
pkg:deb/ubuntu/openssl?distro=xenial < 1.0.2g-1ubuntu4.20+esm1
pkg:deb/ubuntu/openssl?distro=trusty < 1.0.1f-1ubuntu2.27+esm3
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libssl1.0.0?distro=xenial < 1.0.2g-1ubuntu4.20+esm1
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libssl1.0.0?distro=trusty < 1.0.1f-1ubuntu2.27+esm3
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libssl-doc?distro=xenial < 1.0.2g-1ubuntu4.20+esm1
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libssl-doc?distro=trusty < 1.0.1f-1ubuntu2.27+esm3
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libssl-dev?distro=xenial < 1.0.2g-1ubuntu4.20+esm1
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libssl-dev?distro=trusty < 1.0.1f-1ubuntu2.27+esm3
ID
USN-5051-2
Severity
medium
URL
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5051-2
Published
2021-08-26T12:40:18
(3 years ago)
Modified
2021-08-26T12:40:18
(3 years ago)
Other Advisories
Type Package URL Namespace Name / Product Version Distribution / Platform Arch Patch / Fix
Affected pkg:deb/ubuntu/openssl?distro=xenial ubuntu openssl < 1.0.2g-1ubuntu4.20+esm1 xenial
Affected pkg:deb/ubuntu/openssl?distro=trusty ubuntu openssl < 1.0.1f-1ubuntu2.27+esm3 trusty
Affected pkg:deb/ubuntu/libssl1.0.0?distro=xenial ubuntu libssl1.0.0 < 1.0.2g-1ubuntu4.20+esm1 xenial
Affected pkg:deb/ubuntu/libssl1.0.0?distro=trusty ubuntu libssl1.0.0 < 1.0.1f-1ubuntu2.27+esm3 trusty
Affected pkg:deb/ubuntu/libssl-doc?distro=xenial ubuntu libssl-doc < 1.0.2g-1ubuntu4.20+esm1 xenial
Affected pkg:deb/ubuntu/libssl-doc?distro=trusty ubuntu libssl-doc < 1.0.1f-1ubuntu2.27+esm3 trusty
Affected pkg:deb/ubuntu/libssl-dev?distro=xenial ubuntu libssl-dev < 1.0.2g-1ubuntu4.20+esm1 xenial
Affected pkg:deb/ubuntu/libssl-dev?distro=trusty ubuntu libssl-dev < 1.0.1f-1ubuntu2.27+esm3 trusty
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