USN-2624-1: OpenSSL update

Releases

• Ubuntu 15.04
• Ubuntu 14.10
• Ubuntu 14.04 ESM
• Ubuntu 12.04

Packages

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

Details

As a security improvement, this update removes the export cipher suites
from the default cipher list to prevent their use in possible downgrade
attacks.

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 15.04

• libssl1.0.0 - 1.0.1f-1ubuntu11.1

Ubuntu 14.10

• libssl1.0.0 - 1.0.1f-1ubuntu9.5

Ubuntu 14.04

• libssl1.0.0 - 1.0.1f-1ubuntu2.12

Ubuntu 12.04

• libssl1.0.0 - 1.0.1-4ubuntu5.28

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

References

• https://launchpad.net/bugs/1460735