tcl-tls 1.6 is out of date and therefore many site refuse to connect (heartbleed)

[Holger]

The current version is https://sourceforge.net/projects/tls/files/tls/1.6.4/, and only this version is capable of connecting to computers which refuse to use old ciphers and methods like SSLv2, SSLv3, and TLS 1.0. For instance imap.strato.de only accepts non-broken ciphers and refuses connections with version 1.6.

Additionally, this old version will also allow for insecure connections.

Therefore, an update is crucial in order to maintain connectivity for at least 14.4 LTS and 15.4.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04
Package: tcl-tls 1.6+dfsg-3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-20.20-generic 3.19.8
Uname: Linux 3.19.0-20-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.17.2-0ubuntu1.1
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Sat Jun 13 22:48:08 2015
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-02-16 (117 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.10 "Utopic Unicorn" - Release amd64 (20141022.1)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=de_DE
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: tcltls
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to vivid on 2015-05-11 (32 days ago)

[Seth Arnold (seth-arnold)]

Thanks for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Since the package referred to in this bug is in universe or multiverse, it is community maintained. If you are able, I suggest coordinating with upstream and posting a debdiff for this issue. When a debdiff is available, members of the security team will review it and publish the package. See the following link for more information: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SecurityTeam/UpdateProcedures

Note that we don't do wholesale version updates in security updates, but rather include specific patches that fix specific problems, see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SecurityTeam/FAQ#Versions for more information. Thanks.

[Holger (holger-jakobs)]

A very similar problem has occurred again, because Ubuntu refuses to update depending packages simultaneously with OpenSSL updates. Since July tcltls is non-functional, because there has been no update even in 15.10 to version 1.6.7 of tcltls.

[Mattia Rizzolo (mapreri)]

1.6.7 is in xenial, thus closing.