=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1965-1
September 23, 2013

pyopenssl vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 13.04
- Ubuntu 12.10
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 10.04 LTS

Summary:

Fraudulent security certificates could allow sensitive information to be
exposed when accessing the Internet.

Software Description:
- pyopenssl: Python wrapper around the OpenSSL library

Details:

It was discovered that pyOpenSSL did not properly handle certificates with
NULL characters in the Subject Alternative Name field. An attacker could
exploit this to perform a man in the middle attack to view sensitive
information or alter encrypted communications.

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 13.04:
  python-openssl                  0.13-2ubuntu3.1
  python3-openssl                 0.13-2ubuntu3.1

Ubuntu 12.10:
  python-openssl                  0.13-2ubuntu1.1
  python3-openssl                 0.13-2ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
  python-openssl                  0.12-1ubuntu2.1

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
  python-openssl                  0.10-1ubuntu0.1

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1965-1
  CVE-2013-4314

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pyopenssl/0.13-2ubuntu3.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pyopenssl/0.13-2ubuntu1.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pyopenssl/0.12-1ubuntu2.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pyopenssl/0.10-1ubuntu0.1


Ubuntu 1965-1: pyOpenSSL vulnerability

September 23, 2013
Fraudulent security certificates could allow sensitive information to be exposed when accessing the Internet.

Summary

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 13.04: python-openssl 0.13-2ubuntu3.1 python3-openssl 0.13-2ubuntu3.1 Ubuntu 12.10: python-openssl 0.13-2ubuntu1.1 python3-openssl 0.13-2ubuntu1.1 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: python-openssl 0.12-1ubuntu2.1 Ubuntu 10.04 LTS: python-openssl 0.10-1ubuntu0.1 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1965-1

CVE-2013-4314

Severity
September 23, 2013

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pyopenssl/0.13-2ubuntu3.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pyopenssl/0.13-2ubuntu1.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pyopenssl/0.12-1ubuntu2.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pyopenssl/0.10-1ubuntu0.1

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