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Debian dsa-5962 : gnutls-bin - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 242186

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

The remote Debian 12 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dsa-5962 advisory.

 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-5962-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/security/ Moritz Muehlenhoff July 16, 2025 https://www.debian.org/security/faq
 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------

 Package : gnutls28 CVE ID : CVE-2025-6395 CVE-2025-32988 CVE-2025-32989 CVE-2025-32990

 Multiple security issues were discovered in GNU TLS, which could result in denial of service.

 For the stable distribution (bookworm), these problems have been fixed in version 3.7.9-2+deb12u5.

 We recommend that you upgrade your gnutls28 packages.

 For the detailed security status of gnutls28 please refer to its security tracker page at:
 https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/gnutls28

 Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://www.debian.org/security/

 Mailing list: [email protected]

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian 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

Upgrade the gnutls-bin packages.

See Also

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/gnutls28

https://packages.debian.org/source/bookworm/gnutls28

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-32988

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-32989

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-32990

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-6395

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 242186

File Name: debian_DSA-5962.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/16/2025

Updated: 7/16/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-32990

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:gnutls-bin, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:gnutls-doc, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:guile-gnutls, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libgnutls-openssl27, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libgnutls28-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libgnutls-dane0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libgnutls30, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libgnutlsxx30

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/16/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/10/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-32988, CVE-2025-32989, CVE-2025-32990, CVE-2025-6395