Ubuntu alert USN-6046-1 (openssl-ibmca)

From:
             
 
"Leonidas S. Barbosa" <leo.barbosa@canonical.com>
To:
             
 
ubuntu-security-announce@lists.ubuntu.com
Subject:
             
 
[USN-6046-1] OpenSSL-ibmca vulnerabilities
Date:
             
 
Thu, 27 Apr 2023 22:16:53 -0300
Message-ID:
             
 
<20230428011653.GA3427039@d4rkl41n>
==========================================================================
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6046-1
April 27, 2023

openssl-ibmca vulnerabilities
==========================================================================

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 22.10
- Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 ESM

Summary:

OpenSSL-ibmca could be made to expose sensitive information.

Software Description:
- openssl-ibmca: libica based hardware acceleration engine for OpenSSL

Details:

It was discovered that OpenSSL-ibmca incorrectly handled certain RSA decryption.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to expose sensitive information.

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 22.10:
  openssl-ibmca                   2.3.0-0ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS:
  openssl-ibmca                   2.2.3-0ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
  openssl-ibmca                   2.1.0-0ubuntu1.20.04.2

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
  openssl-ibmca                   1.4.1-0ubuntu1.2

Ubuntu 16.04 ESM:
  openssl-ibmca                   1.3.0-0ubuntu2.16.04.3

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6046-1
  https://launchpad.net/bugs/2015454

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openssl-ibmca/2.3.0-...
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openssl-ibmca/2.2.3-...
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openssl-ibmca/2.1.0-...
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openssl-ibmca/1.4.1-...