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NewStart CGSL MAIN 7.02 : gnutls Vulnerability (NS-SA-2025-0141)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 242786

Synopsis

The remote NewStart CGSL host is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

The remote NewStart CGSL host, running version MAIN 7.02, has gnutls packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability:

 - A vulnerability was found that the response times to malformed ciphertexts in RSA-PSK ClientKeyExchange differ from response times of ciphertexts with correct PKCS#1 v1.5 padding. (CVE-2023-5981)

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 vulnerable CGSL gnutls packages. Note that updated packages may not be available yet. Please contact ZTE for more information.

See Also

https://security.gd-linux.com/notice/NS-SA-2025-0141

https://security.gd-linux.com/info/CVE-2023-5981

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 242786

File Name: newstart_cgsl_NS-SA-2025-0141_gnutls.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 7/25/2025

Updated: 7/25/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-5981

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.2

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_main:gnutls, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_main:gnutls-dane, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_main:gnutls-utils, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_main:gnutls-c%2b%2b, cpe:/o:zte:cgsl_main:7, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_main:gnutls-devel

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/25/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/28/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-5981