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USN-613-1: GnuTLS vulnerabilities

21 May 2008

GnuTLS vulnerabilities

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Packages

Details

Multiple flaws were discovered in the connection handling of GnuTLS.
A remote attacker could exploit this to crash applications linked
against GnuTLS, or possibly execute arbitrary code with permissions of
the application's user.

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Ubuntu Pro provides ten-year security coverage to 25,000+ packages in Main and Universe repositories, and it is free for up to five machines.

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Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 8.04
Ubuntu 7.10
Ubuntu 7.04
Ubuntu 6.06

After a standard system upgrade you need to reboot your computer to
effect the necessary changes.