Slackware 12.0 / 12.1 / current : gnutls (SSA:2008-320-01)

high Nessus Plugin ID 34782

Synopsis

The remote Slackware host is missing a security update.

Description

New gnutls packages are available for Slackware 12.0, 12.1, and
-current to correctly fix the certificate chain verification issue that the upgrade to gnutls-2.6.1 attempted to fix. Without this upgrade, processing a certificate chain containing only one self-signed certificate may cause GnuTLS linked programs to crash.

Solution

Update the affected gnutls package.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?10eb1098

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 34782

File Name: Slackware_SSA_2008-320-01.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Published: 11/17/2008

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:slackware:slackware_linux:gnutls, cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux, cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux:12.0, cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux:12.1

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Slackware/release, Host/Slackware/packages

Patch Publication Date: 11/16/2008

Reference Information

SSA: 2008-320-01