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SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : gnutls (SUSE-SU-2019:1121-1)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 124454
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Synopsis
The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.Description
This update for gnutls fixes to version 3.6.7 the following issues :Security issued fixed :
CVE-2019-3836: Fixed an invalid pointer access via malformed TLS1.3 async messages (bsc#1130682).
CVE-2019-3829: Fixed a double free vulnerability in the certificate verification API (bsc#1130681).
CVE-2018-16868: Fixed Bleichenbacher-like side channel leakage in PKCS#1 v1.5 verification and padding oracle verification (bsc#1118087)
Non-security issue fixed: Update gnutls to support TLS 1.3 (fate#327114)
Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
Solution
To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or 'zypper patch'.Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product :
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Open Buildservice Development Tools 15:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Development-Tools-OBS-15-2019-1121=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Desktop-Applications-15-2019-1121=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-2019-1121=1
See Also
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1118087
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1130681
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1130682
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-16868/
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-3829/
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 124454
File Name: suse_SU-2019-1121-1.nasl
Version: 1.5
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: SuSE Local Security Checks
Published: 5/1/2019
Updated: 5/30/2024
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.9
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Low
Base Score: 3.3
Temporal Score: 2.6
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-16868
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.6
Temporal Score: 5.1
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:gnutls-guile, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:gnutls-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libgnutls30-32bit-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libgnutls30, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libgnutlsxx-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libgnutlsxx28-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libgnutls30-debuginfo, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libgnutls-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:gnutls-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:gnutls, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libgnutlsxx28, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:gnutls-guile-debuginfo
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 4/30/2019
Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/3/2018