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GLSA-201506-03 : GnuTLS: Multiple vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 84331

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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-201506-03 (GnuTLS: Multiple vulnerabilities)

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

 A context-dependent attacker can 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-3.3.15'

See Also

https://www.gnutls.org/security.html#GNUTLS-SA-2015-2

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201506-03

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 84331

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201506-03.nasl

Version: 2.4

Type: local

Published: 6/23/2015

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/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

Patch Publication Date: 6/22/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-3308

GLSA: 201506-03