SuSE 11.1 Security Update : GnuTLS (SAT Patch Number 6448)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 64152

Synopsis

The remote SuSE 11 host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

This update of GnuTLS fixes multiple vulnerabilities :

- remote attackers could cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption and application crash) via an issue in the asn1_get_length_der() function. (CVE-2012-1569)

- crafted GenericBlockCipher structures allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption and application crash). (CVE-2012-1573)

- A vulnerability in the DTLS implementation which could allow remote attackers to recover partial plaintext via a timing side-channel attack was fixed. (CVE-2012-0390)

In addition, support for customizing the signing function was added.

Solution

Apply SAT patch number 6448.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=739898

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=753301

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=754223

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=754953

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-0390.html

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-1569.html

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-1573.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 64152

File Name: suse_11_gnutls-120615.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/25/2013

Updated: 1/19/2021

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: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:gnutls, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:libgnutls-extra26, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:libgnutls26, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:libgnutls26-32bit, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11

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

Patch Publication Date: 6/15/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-0390, CVE-2012-1569, CVE-2012-1573