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Debian DSA-2441-1 : gnutls26 - missing bounds check

medium Nessus Plugin ID 58460

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Matthew Hall discovered that GNUTLS does not properly handle truncated GenericBlockCipher structures nested inside TLS records, leading to crashes in applications using the GNUTLS library.

Solution

Upgrade the gnutls26 packages.

For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 2.8.6-1+squeeze2.

See Also

https://packages.debian.org/source/squeeze/gnutls26

https://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2441

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 58460

File Name: debian_DSA-2441.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/26/2012

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:gnutls26, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/25/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-1573

BID: 52667

DSA: 2441