=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2121-1
February 25, 2014

gnutls26 vulnerability
=========================================================================
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 13.10
- Ubuntu 12.10
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

Summary:

GnuTLS incorrectly validated certain intermediate certificates.

Software Description:
- gnutls26: GNU TLS library

Details:

Suman Jana discovered that GnuTLS incorrectly handled version 1
intermediate certificates. This resulted in them being considered to be a
valid CA certificate by default, which was contrary to documented
behaviour.

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 13.10:
  libgnutls26                     2.12.23-1ubuntu4.1

Ubuntu 12.10:
  libgnutls26                     2.12.14-5ubuntu4.5

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
  libgnutls26                     2.12.14-5ubuntu3.6

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

References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2121-1
  CVE-2014-1959

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnutls26/2.12.23-1ubuntu4.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnutls26/2.12.14-5ubuntu4.5
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnutls26/2.12.14-5ubuntu3.6


Ubuntu 2121-1: GnuTLS vulnerability

February 25, 2014
GnuTLS incorrectly validated certain intermediate certificates.

Summary

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 13.10: libgnutls26 2.12.23-1ubuntu4.1 Ubuntu 12.10: libgnutls26 2.12.14-5ubuntu4.5 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: libgnutls26 2.12.14-5ubuntu3.6 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2121-1

CVE-2014-1959

Severity
February 25, 2014

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnutls26/2.12.23-1ubuntu4.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnutls26/2.12.14-5ubuntu4.5 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnutls26/2.12.14-5ubuntu3.6

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