USN-2863-1: OpenSSL vulnerability
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2863-1 7th January, 2016 openssl vulnerability A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Summary OpenSSL could be made to expose sensitive information over the network. Software description openssl – Secure Socket Layer (SSL) cryptographic library and tools Details Karthikeyan Bhargavan and Gaetan Leurent discovered that OpenSSLincorrectly allowed MD5 to be used for TLS 1.2 connections. If a remoteattacker were able to perform a man-in-the-middle attack, this flaw couldbe exploited to view sensitive information. Update instructions The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: libssl1.0.0 1.0.1-4ubuntu5.33 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 makeall the necessary changes. References CVE-2015-7575 Source: ubuntu-usn