GLSA-201310-18 : GnuTLS: Multiple vulnerabilities

medium Nessus Plugin ID 70674

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201310-18 (GnuTLS: Multiple vulnerabilities)

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in GnuTLS. Please review the CVE identifiers and Lucky Thirteen research paper referenced below for details.
Impact :

A remote attacker could sent a specially crafted packet to cause a Denial of Service condition. Additionally, a remote attacker could perform man-in-the-middle attacks to recover plaintext data.
Workaround :

There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All GnuTLS users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-libs/gnutls-2.12.23-r1'

See Also

http://www.isg.rhul.ac.uk/tls/TLStiming.pdf

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201310-18

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 70674

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201310-18.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Published: 10/29/2013

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.0

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:gnutls, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/28/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-1619, CVE-2013-2116

BID: 57736, 60215

GLSA: 201310-18