USN-3899-1: OpenSSL vulnerability openssl, openssl1.0 vulnerability A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 18.10 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Summary OpenSSL could be made to expose sensitive information over the network. Software Description openssl1.0 – Secure Socket Layer (SSL) cryptographic library and tools openssl – Secure Socket Layer (SSL) cryptographic library and tools Details Juraj Somorovsky, Robert Merget, and Nimrod Aviram discovered that certain applications incorrectly used OpenSSL and could be exposed to a padding oracle attack. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to decrypt data. Update instructions The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 18.10 libssl1.0.0 – 1.0.2n-1ubuntu6.2 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS libssl1.0.0 – 1.0.2n-1ubuntu5.3 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS libssl1.0.0 – 1.0.2g-1ubuntu4.15 To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades. After a standard system [ more… ]