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GLSA-201406-09 : GnuTLS: Multiple vulnerabilities

medium Nessus Plugin ID 76061

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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-201406-09 (GnuTLS: Multiple vulnerabilities)

 Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in GnuTLS. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
 Impact :

 A remote attacker could utilize multiple vectors to spoof arbitrary SSL servers via a crafted certificate, execute arbitrary code or cause a Denial of Service condition.
 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-r6'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201406-09

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 76061

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201406-09.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Published: 6/16/2014

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/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: 6/13/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-0092, CVE-2014-1959, CVE-2014-3465, CVE-2014-3466

BID: 65559, 65919, 67739, 67741

GLSA: 201406-09