Solution
Please Install the Updated Packages.
Insight
Anton Johansson discovered that OpenSSL incorrectly handled certain invalid TLS handshakes. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause OpenSSL to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2013-4353)
Ron Barber discovered that OpenSSL used an incorrect data structure to obtain a version number. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause OpenSSL to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2013-6449)
Dmitry Sobinov discovered that OpenSSL incorrectly handled certain DTLS retransmissions. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause OpenSSL to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2013-6450)
This update also disables the default use of the RdRand feature of certain Intel CPUs as the sole source of entropy.
Affected
openssl on Ubuntu 13.10 ,
Ubuntu 13.04 ,
Ubuntu 12.10 ,
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
References
Updated on 2015-03-25
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2013-4353, CVE-2013-6449, CVE-2013-6450 -
CVSS Base Score: 5.8
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
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