USN-7786-1: OpenSSL vulnerabilities

USN-7786-1: OpenSSL vulnerabilities

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/rss.xml / Tue, 09/30/2025 - 20:41
Stanislav Fort discovered that OpenSSL incorrectly handled memory when trying to decrypt CMS messages encrypted with password-based encryption. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2025-9230) Stanislav Fort discovered that OpenSSL had a timing side-channel in SM2 signature computations on ARM platforms. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to recover private data. This issue only affected Ubuntu 25.04. (CVE-2025-9231) Stanislav Fort discovered that OpenSSL incorrectly handled memory during HTTP requests when "no_proxy" environment variable is set. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 25.04. (CVE-2025-9232)

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