Debian DSA-5349-1 : gnutls28 - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 171498

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

The remote Debian 11 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dsa-5349 advisory.

Hubert Kario discovered a timing side channel in the RSA decryption implementation of the GNU TLS library.
For the stable distribution (bullseye), this problem has been fixed in version 3.7.1-5+deb11u3. We recommend that you upgrade your gnutls28 packages. For the detailed security status of gnutls28 please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/gnutls28

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade the gnutls28 packages.

For the stable distribution (bullseye), this problem has been fixed in version 3.7.1-5+deb11u3.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 171498

File Name: debian_DSA-5349.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 2/15/2023

Updated: 1/24/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-0361

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.4

Temporal Score: 6.7

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libgnutlsxx28, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libgnutls30, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:gnutls-doc, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libgnutls28-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libgnutls-openssl27, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:guile-gnutls, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libgnutls-dane0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:gnutls-bin

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/14/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/13/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-0361

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