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Ubuntu 18.04 ESM : GnuTLS vulnerability (USN-6499-2)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 187680
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Synopsis
The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.Description
The remote Ubuntu 18.04 ESM host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-6499-2 advisory.- A vulnerability was found that the response times to malformed ciphertexts in RSA-PSK ClientKeyExchange differ from response times of ciphertexts with correct PKCS#1 v1.5 padding. (CVE-2023-5981)
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Update the affected packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 187680
File Name: ubuntu_USN-6499-2.nasl
Version: 1.0
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Published: 1/8/2024
Updated: 1/8/2024
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.4
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.4
Temporal Score: 4
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-5981
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.9
Temporal Score: 5.2
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:esm, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gnutls-bin, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgnutls-dane0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgnutls-openssl27, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgnutls28-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgnutls30, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgnutlsxx28
Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 1/8/2024
Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/28/2023
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2023-5981
USN: 6499-2