USN-2540-1

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2540-1
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-2540-1.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/USN-2540-1
Related
Published
2015-03-23T19:13:13.735073Z
Modified
2015-03-23T19:13:13.735073Z
Summary
gnutls26, gnutls28 vulnerabilities
Details

It was discovered that GnuTLS did not perform date and time checks on CA certificates, contrary to expectations. This issue only affected Ubuntu 10.04 LTS. (CVE-2014-8155)

Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos discovered that GnuTLS incorrectly verified that signature algorithms matched. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to downgrade to a disallowed algorithm. This issue only affected Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2015-0282)

It was discovered that GnuTLS incorrectly verified certificate algorithms. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to downgrade to a disallowed algorithm. (CVE-2015-0294)

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / gnutls26

Package

Name
gnutls26
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/gnutls26@2.12.23-12ubuntu2.2?arch=src?distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.12.23-12ubuntu2.2

Affected versions

2.*

2.12.23-1ubuntu4
2.12.23-1ubuntu5
2.12.23-12ubuntu1
2.12.23-12ubuntu2
2.12.23-12ubuntu2.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "gnutls26-doc": "2.12.23-12ubuntu2.2",
            "libgnutls26-dbg": "2.12.23-12ubuntu2.2",
            "libgnutlsxx27": "2.12.23-12ubuntu2.2",
            "libgnutls26": "2.12.23-12ubuntu2.2",
            "gnutls-bin": "3.0.11+really2.12.23-12ubuntu2.2",
            "libgnutls-openssl27": "2.12.23-12ubuntu2.2",
            "libgnutls-dev": "2.12.23-12ubuntu2.2"
        }
    ]
}