USN-2127-1: GnuTLS vulnerability
4 March 2014
Fraudulent security certificates could allow sensitive information to be exposed when accessing the Internet.
Releases
Packages
- gnutls26 - GNU TLS library
Details
Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos discovered that GnuTLS incorrectly handled
certificate verification functions. If a remote attacker were able to
perform a machine-in-the-middle attack, this flaw could be exploited with
specially crafted certificates to view sensitive information.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 13.10
Ubuntu 12.10
Ubuntu 12.04
Ubuntu 10.04
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.