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USN-1516-1: OpenSSL vulnerability

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USN-1516-1: OpenSSL vulnerability

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
07/25/2012
Created
07/25/2018
Added
07/25/2012
Modified
07/09/2020

Description

It was discovered that OpenSSL incorrectly handled the SSL_OP_ALL setting.This resulted in TLS 1.1 and TLS 1.2 being inadvertently disabled forcertain server and client applications. The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version: To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades. After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to makeall the necessary changes. LP: 1018998

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-libssl1-0-0

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