openSUSE 10 Security Update : gnutls (gnutls-6079)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 36201

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The previous security fix for gnutls (CVE-2008-4989) introduced a regression in the X.509 validation code for self-signed certificates.

This update fixes this problem.

Solution

Update the affected gnutls packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 36201

File Name: suse_gnutls-6079.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 4/21/2009

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: 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: 4.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:gnutls, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:gnutls-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:gnutls-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:gnutls-devel-32bit, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:10.3

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

Patch Publication Date: 3/13/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-4989

CWE: 255

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