RHEL 5 : gnutls (RHSA-2008:0982)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 34752

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Updated gnutls packages that fix a security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

The GnuTLS library provides support for cryptographic algorithms and for protocols such as Transport Layer Security (TLS).

Martin von Gagern discovered a flaw in the way GnuTLS verified certificate chains provided by a server. A malicious server could use this flaw to spoof its identity by tricking client applications using the GnuTLS library to trust invalid certificates. (CVE-2008-4989)

Users of GnuTLS are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch that corrects this issue.

Solution

Update the affected gnutls, gnutls-devel and / or gnutls-utils packages.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2008-4989

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008:0982

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 34752

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2008-0982.nasl

Version: 1.22

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/12/2008

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gnutls, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gnutls-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gnutls-utils, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5.2

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Patch Publication Date: 11/11/2008

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/12/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-4989

CWE: 255

RHSA: 2008:0982