First published: Thu May 23 2024(Updated: )
USN-6663-1 provided a security update for OpenSSL. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. Original advisory details: As a security improvement, OpenSSL will now return deterministic random bytes instead of an error when detecting wrong padding in PKCS#1 v1.5 RSA to prevent its use in possible Bleichenbacher timing attacks.
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
---|---|---|
All of | ||
ubuntu/libssl-doc | <3.0.13-0ubuntu3.1 | 3.0.13-0ubuntu3.1 |
Ubuntu | =24.04 | |
All of | ||
ubuntu/libssl3t64 | <3.0.13-0ubuntu3.1 | 3.0.13-0ubuntu3.1 |
Ubuntu | =24.04 | |
All of | ||
ubuntu/openssl | <3.0.13-0ubuntu3.1 | 3.0.13-0ubuntu3.1 |
Ubuntu | =24.04 |
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The severity of USN-6663-3 is classified as a moderate security issue.
To fix USN-6663-3, update the affected packages to version 3.0.13-0ubuntu3.1 through your package manager.
USN-6663-3 affects the libssl-doc, libssl3t64, and openssl packages in Ubuntu 24.04.
USN-6663-3 addresses improvements in OpenSSL related to returning deterministic random bytes for padding errors.
USN-6663-3 is specifically applicable to Ubuntu 24.04 LTS.