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Amazon Linux 2023 : gnutls, gnutls-c++, gnutls-dane (ALAS2023-2024-463)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 187688

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Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux 2023 host is missing a security update.

Description

It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2023-2024-463 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

Run 'dnf update gnutls --releasever 2023.3.20240108' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2023/ALAS-2024-463.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2023-5981.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/faqs.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 187688

File Name: al2023_ALAS2023-2024-463.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/8/2024

Updated: 1/8/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous 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: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:gnutls-c%2b%2b-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:gnutls-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:gnutls-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:gnutls-utils, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:gnutls-utils-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:gnutls-dane-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:gnutls-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:gnutls-dane, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2023, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:gnutls, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:gnutls-c%2b%2b

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/AmazonLinux/release, Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/3/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/28/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-5981