SuSE 10 Security Update : GnuTLS (ZYPP Patch Number 8066)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 59829

Synopsis

The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch.

Description

This update of GnuTLS fixes multiple vulnerabilities :

- remote attackers could cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption and application crash) via an issue in the asn1_get_length_der() function. (CVE-2012-1569)

- crafted GenericBlockCipher structures allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption and application crash). (CVE-2012-1573)

- A vulnerability in the DTLS implementation which could allow remote attackers to recover partial plaintext via a timing side-channel attack was fixed. (CVE-2012-0390)

Solution

Apply ZYPP patch number 8066.

See Also

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-0390.html

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-1569.html

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-1573.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 59829

File Name: suse_gnutls-8066.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/3/2012

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:suse:suse_linux

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

Patch Publication Date: 4/12/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-0390, CVE-2012-1569, CVE-2012-1573