openSUSE Security Update : gnutls (openSUSE-SU-2012:0344-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 75856

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update of GnuTLS fixes a vulnerability in the DTLS implementation which could allow remote attackers to recover partial plaintext via a timing side-channel attack. (CVE-2012-0390).

Solution

Update the affected gnutls packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=739898

https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-03/msg00010.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 75856

File Name: suse_11_4_gnutls-120217.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/13/2014

Updated: 1/19/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:gnutls, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:gnutls-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:gnutls-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libgnutls-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libgnutls-extra-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libgnutls-extra26, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libgnutls-extra26-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libgnutls26, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libgnutls26-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libgnutls26-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libgnutls26-debuginfo-32bit, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:11.4

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

Patch Publication Date: 2/17/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-0390