Oracle Solaris Third-Party Patch Update : gnutls (cve_2014_0092_cryptographic_issues)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 80631

Synopsis

The remote Solaris system is missing a security patch for third-party software.

Description

The remote Solaris system is missing necessary patches to address security updates :

- lib/x509/verify.c in GnuTLS before 3.1.22 and 3.2.x before 3.2.12 does not properly handle unspecified errors when verifying X.509 certificates from SSL servers, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof servers via a crafted certificate. (CVE-2014-0092)

Solution

Upgrade to Solaris 11.1.18.5.0.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?4a913f44

http://www.nessus.org/u?998723a4

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 80631

File Name: solaris11_gnutls_20140915.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Published: 1/19/2015

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:oracle:solaris:11.1, p-cpe:/a:oracle:solaris:gnutls

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Solaris11/release, Host/Solaris11/pkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 9/15/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-0092