USN-3183-1: GnuTLS vulnerabilities
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3183-1
1st February, 2017
gnutls26, gnutls28 vulnerabilities
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its
derivatives:
- Ubuntu 16.10
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Summary
Several security issues were fixed in GnuTLS.
Software description
- gnutls26
– GNU TLS library - gnutls28
– GNU TLS library
Details
Stefan Buehler discovered that GnuTLS incorrectly verified the serial
length of OCSP responses. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue
to bypass certain certificate validation measures. This issue only applied
to Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-7444)
Shi Lei discovered that GnuTLS incorrectly handled certain warning alerts.
A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause GnuTLS to hang,
resulting in a denial of service. This issue has only been addressed in
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.10. (CVE-2016-8610)
It was discovered that GnuTLS incorrectly decoded X.509 certificates with a
Proxy Certificate Information extension. A remote attacker could use this
issue to cause GnuTLS to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or
possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
and Ubuntu 16.10. (CVE-2017-5334)
It was discovered that GnuTLS incorrectly handled certain OpenPGP
certificates. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause
GnuTLS to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute
arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-5335, CVE-2017-5336, CVE-2017-5337)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package version:
- Ubuntu 16.10:
-
libgnutls30
3.5.3-5ubuntu1.1
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
-
libgnutls30
3.4.10-4ubuntu1.2
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
-
libgnutls26
2.12.23-12ubuntu2.6
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
-
libgnutls26
2.12.14-5ubuntu3.13
To update your system, please follow these instructions:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.