TencentOS Server 3: gnutls (TSSA-2023:0041)

high Nessus Plugin ID 239275

Synopsis

The remote TencentOS Server 3 host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The version of Tencent Linux installed on the remote TencentOS Server 3 host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the TSSA-2023:0041 advisory.

Package updates are available for TencentOS Server 3 that fix the following vulnerabilities:

CVE-2023-0361:
A timing side-channel in the handling of RSA ClientKeyExchange messages was discovered in GnuTLS. This side-channel can be sufficient to recover the key encrypted in the RSA ciphertext across a network in a Bleichenbacher style attack. To achieve a successful decryption the attacker would need to send a large amount of specially crafted messages to the vulnerable server. By recovering the secret from the ClientKeyExchange message, the attacker would be able to decrypt the application data exchanged over that connection.

CVE-2022-2509:
A vulnerability found in gnutls. This security flaw happens because of a double free error occurs during verification of pkcs7 signatures in gnutls_pkcs7_verify function.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Tencent Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://mirrors.tencent.com/tlinux/errata/tssa-20230041.xml

https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-0361

https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-2509

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 239275

File Name: tencentos_TSSA_2023_0041.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 6/16/2025

Updated: 6/16/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:tencent:tencentos_server:3, p-cpe:/a:tencent:tencentos_server:gnutls

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/etc/os-release, Host/TencentOS/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/12/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/12/2023