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RockyLinux 10 : gnutls (RLSA-2026:3477)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 301120

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Synopsis

The remote RockyLinux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote RockyLinux 10 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RLSA-2026:3477 advisory.

 * gnutls: Stack-based Buffer Overflow in gnutls_pkcs11_token_init() Function (CVE-2025-9820)

 * gnutls: GnuTLS: Denial of Service via excessive resource consumption during certificate verification (CVE-2025-14831)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the RockyLinux 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://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2026:3477

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2392528

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2423177

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 301120

File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2026-3477.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 3/6/2026

Updated: 3/6/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-14831

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:gnutls-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:gnutls-utils, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:gnutls-utils-debuginfo, cpe:/o:rocky:linux:10, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:gnutls-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:gnutls, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:gnutls-dane, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:gnutls-c%2b%2b-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:gnutls-devel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:gnutls-fips, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:gnutls-c%2b%2b, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:gnutls-dane-debuginfo

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/5/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/21/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-14831, CVE-2025-9820