Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : GnuTLS update (USN-2913-4)

high Nessus Plugin ID 88953

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

USN-2913-1 removed 1024-bit RSA CA certificates from the ca-certificates package. This update adds support for alternate certificate chains to the GnuTLS package to properly handle the removal.

The ca-certificates package contained outdated CA certificates. This update refreshes the included certificates to those contained in the 20160104 package, including the removal of the SPI CA and CA certificates with 1024-bit RSA keys.

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2913-4

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 88953

File Name: ubuntu_USN-2913-4.nasl

Version: 2.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/25/2016

Updated: 10/20/2023

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgnutls26, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgnutlsxx27, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gnutls-bin, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgnutls-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgnutls-openssl27

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/24/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/24/2016

Reference Information

USN: 2913-4