Summary
Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-927-1
Solution
Please Install the Updated Packages.
Insight
Marsh Ray and Steve Dispensa discovered a flaw in the TLS and SSLv3 protocols. If an attacker could perform a man in the middle attack at the start of a TLS connection, the attacker could inject arbitrary content at the beginning of the user's session. This update adds support for the new new renegotiation extension and will use it when the server supports it.
Affected
nss vulnerability on Ubuntu 9.10
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2009-3555 -
CVSS Base Score: 5.8
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
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