Rocky Linux 8 : gnutls (RLSA-2024:0155)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 188020

Synopsis

The remote Rocky Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Rocky Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RLSA-2024:0155 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

https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2024:0155

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2248445

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 188020

File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2024-0155.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Published: 1/12/2024

Updated: 1/12/2024

Supported Sensors: 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:rocky:linux:gnutls, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:gnutls-c%2b%2b, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:gnutls-c%2b%2b-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:gnutls-dane, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:gnutls-dane-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:gnutls-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:gnutls-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:gnutls-devel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:gnutls-utils, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:gnutls-utils-debuginfo, cpe:/o:rocky:linux:8

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/12/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/28/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-5981