SuSE9 Security Update : gnutls (YOU Patch Number 11228)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 41101

Synopsis

The remote SuSE 9 host is missing a security-related patch.

Description

A security problem in the GNU TLS library has been found :

If an RSA key with exponent 3 is used, the PKCS padding gets removed before generating a hash, which allows remote attackers to forge a PKCS signature that apapears to be signed by that RSA key and prevents gnutls from correctly verifying the certificate.

This bug has been tracked by the Mitre CVE ID CVE-2006-4790.

Solution

Apply YOU patch number 11228.

See Also

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2006-4790.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 41101

File Name: suse9_11228.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/24/2009

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:suse:suse_linux

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

Patch Publication Date: 9/15/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-4790