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.
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
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
Learn more about how to get the fixes.The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
| Ubuntu Release | Package Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.04 hardy | libgnutls13 – 2.0.4-1ubuntu2.9 | ||
| 12.10 quantal | libgnutls26 – 2.12.14-5ubuntu4.2 | ||
| 12.04 precise | libgnutls26 – 2.12.14-5ubuntu3.2 | ||
| 11.10 oneiric | libgnutls26 – 2.10.5-1ubuntu3.3 | ||
| 10.04 lucid | libgnutls26 – 2.8.5-2ubuntu0.3 | ||
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