USN-8847-2: OpenSSL vulnerabilities

USN-8847-2: OpenSSL vulnerabilities

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/rss.xml / Wed, 09/30/2026 - 13:49
USN-8847-1 fixed vulnerabilities in OpenSSL. This update provides the corresponding fix for OpenSSL on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. Original advisory details: It was discovered that OpenSSL incorrectly handled certain certificate revocation list distribution point names. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause OpenSSL to consume excessive memory, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2026-35189) It was discovered that OpenSSL incorrectly implemented scalar multiplication for non-NIST elliptic curves. An attacker could possibly use this issue to perform a timing side-channel attack and obtain sensitive information. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2026-54872) It was discovered that OpenSSL incorrectly implemented SM2 signature generation. An attacker could possibly use this issue to perform a timing side-channel attack and obtain sensitive information. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2026-77696) It was discovered that OpenSSL incorrectly handled DTLS retransmission of handshake messages. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause incorrect handshake behavior or a denial of service. (CVE-2026-84782)

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