Debian dla-4267 : gnutls-bin - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 247128

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Debian 11 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dla-4267 advisory.

- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian LTS Advisory DLA-4267-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/lts/security/ Adrian Bunk August 09, 2025 https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------

Package : gnutls28 Version : 3.7.1-5+deb11u8 CVE ID : CVE-2025-6395 CVE-2025-32988 CVE-2025-32990

Multiple vulnerabilities have been fixed in GnuTLS, a library implementing the SSL, TLS and DTLS protocols.

CVE-2025-6395

NULL dereference when 2nd Client Hello omits PSK

CVE-2025-32988

Double-free upon error when exporting otherName in SAN

CVE-2025-32990

1-byte write buffer overrun in certtool

For Debian 11 bullseye, these problems have been fixed in version 3.7.1-5+deb11u8.

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 LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS

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

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

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

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

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 247128

File Name: debian_DLA-4267.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/9/2025

Updated: 8/9/2025

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, 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: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libgnutls28-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libgnutls-dane0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libgnutls30, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:gnutls-bin, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libgnutlsxx28, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:gnutls-doc, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:guile-gnutls, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libgnutls-openssl27

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/9/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/8/2025

Reference Information

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