Ubuntu Security Notice 1752-1 - Nadhem Alfardan and Kenny Paterson discovered that the TLS protocol as used in GnuTLS was vulnerable to a timing side-channel attack known as the "Lucky Thirteen" issue. A remote attacker could use this issue to perform plaintext-recovery attacks via analysis of timing data.
1cfa24fa1e2257b80843bb7496808728d5ace2f7a980167a435ad01d16cc82ea
============================================================================
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1752-1
February 27, 2013
gnutls13, gnutls26 vulnerability
============================================================================
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 12.10
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 11.10
- Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 8.04 LTS
Summary:
GnuTLS could be made to expose sensitive information over the network.
Software Description:
- gnutls26: GNU TLS library
- gnutls13: GNU TLS library
Details:
Nadhem Alfardan and Kenny Paterson discovered that the TLS protocol as used
in GnuTLS was vulnerable to a timing side-channel attack known as the
"Lucky Thirteen" issue. A remote attacker could use this issue to perform
plaintext-recovery attacks via analysis of timing data.
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 12.10:
libgnutls26 2.12.14-5ubuntu4.2
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
libgnutls26 2.12.14-5ubuntu3.2
Ubuntu 11.10:
libgnutls26 2.10.5-1ubuntu3.3
Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
libgnutls26 2.8.5-2ubuntu0.3
Ubuntu 8.04 LTS:
libgnutls13 2.0.4-1ubuntu2.9
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1752-1
CVE-2013-1619
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnutls26/2.12.14-5ubuntu4.2
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnutls26/2.12.14-5ubuntu3.2
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnutls26/2.10.5-1ubuntu3.3
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnutls26/2.8.5-2ubuntu0.3
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnutls13/2.0.4-1ubuntu2.9