Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : gnutls (MDVSA-2014:048)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 72919

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Synopsis

The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Updated gnutls packages fix security vulnerability :

It was discovered that GnuTLS did not correctly handle certain errors that could occur during the verification of an X.509 certificate, causing it to incorrectly report a successful verification. An attacker could use this flaw to create a specially crafted certificate that could be accepted by GnuTLS as valid for a site chosen by the attacker (CVE-2014-0092).

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 72919

File Name: mandriva_MDVSA-2014-048.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Family: Mandriva Local Security Checks

Published: 3/11/2014

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:gnutls, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64gnutls-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64gnutls-ssl27, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64gnutls28, cpe:/o:mandriva:business_server:1

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/10/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-0092

BID: 65919

MDVSA: 2014:048

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