USN-5502-1: OpenSSL vulnerability

Releases

• Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 21.10
• Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 18.04 ESM

Packages

• openssl - Secure Socket Layer (SSL) cryptographic library and tools

Details

Alex Chernyakhovsky discovered that OpenSSL incorrectly handled AES OCB
mode when using the AES-NI assembly optimized implementation on 32-bit
x86 platforms. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain
sensitive information.

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 22.04

• libssl3 - 3.0.2-0ubuntu1.6

Ubuntu 21.10

• libssl1.1 - 1.1.1l-1ubuntu1.6

Ubuntu 20.04

• libssl1.1 - 1.1.1f-1ubuntu2.16

Ubuntu 18.04

• libssl1.1 - 1.1.1-1ubuntu2.1~18.04.20

After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make all
the necessary changes.

References

• CVE-2022-2097

Related notices

• USN-6457-1: libnode-dev, nodejs, libnode72, nodejs-doc