CentOS 5 : gnutls (CESA-2008:0982)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 43716

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Synopsis

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

Description

Updated gnutls packages that fix a security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

The GnuTLS library provides support for cryptographic algorithms and for protocols such as Transport Layer Security (TLS).

Martin von Gagern discovered a flaw in the way GnuTLS verified certificate chains provided by a server. A malicious server could use this flaw to spoof its identity by tricking client applications using the GnuTLS library to trust invalid certificates. (CVE-2008-4989)

Users of GnuTLS are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch that corrects this issue.

Solution

Update the affected gnutls packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?4db7d6a2

http://www.nessus.org/u?202f0d8c

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 43716

File Name: centos_RHSA-2008-0982.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/6/2010

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gnutls, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gnutls-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gnutls-utils, cpe:/o:centos:centos:5

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

Patch Publication Date: 11/11/2008

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/12/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-4989

CWE: 255

RHSA: 2008:0982