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Ubuntu: USN-2821-1: GnuTLS vulnerability

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Ubuntu: USN-2821-1: GnuTLS vulnerability

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
11/30/2015
Created
07/25/2018
Added
11/30/2015
Modified
08/05/2020

Description

It was discovered that GnuTLS incorrectly validated the first byte of padding in CBC modes. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to perform a padding oracle attack.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-libgnutls26

References

  • USN-2821-1

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