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Ubuntu 19.10 : gnutls28 vulnerability (USN-4322-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 135283

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.

Description

It was discovered that GnuTLS incorrectly handled randomness when performing DTLS negotiation. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information, contrary to expectations.

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Solution

Update the affected libgnutls30 package.

See Also

https://usn.ubuntu.com/4322-1/

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 135283

File Name: ubuntu_USN-4322-1.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/8/2020

Updated: 5/11/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-11501

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.4

Temporal Score: 6.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:19.10, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgnutls30

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/7/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/3/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-11501

USN: 4322-1