FreeBSD : gnutls -- 'gnutls_handshake()' Denial of Service (d864a0a7-6f27-11dd-acfe-00104b9e1a4a)

high Nessus Plugin ID 34019

Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Secunia reports :

A vulnerability has been reported in GnuTLS, which can potentially be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

The vulnerability is caused due to a use-after-free error when an application calls 'gnutls_handshake()' for an already valid session and can potentially be exploited, e.g. during re-handshakes.

Solution

Update the affected package.

See Also

http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.encryption.gpg.gnutls.devel/2947

http://www.nessus.org/u?737fcdfc

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 34019

File Name: freebsd_pkg_d864a0a76f2711ddacfe00104b9e1a4a.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Published: 8/21/2008

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.6

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:gnutls, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Patch Publication Date: 8/21/2008

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/15/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-2377

CWE: 119

Secunia: 31505