GLSA-202004-06 : GnuTLS: DTLS protocol regression

medium Nessus Plugin ID 135195

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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-202004-06 (GnuTLS: DTLS protocol regression)

It was discovered that DTLS client did not contribute any randomness to the DTLS negotiation.
Impact :

Please review the referenced advisory for details.
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-3.6.13'

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 135195

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-202004-06.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Family: Gentoo Local Security Checks

Published: 4/3/2020

Updated: 4/3/2020

Supported Sensors: Nessus

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: 4/2/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/2/2020

Reference Information

GLSA: 202004-06

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