Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : gnutls (MDKSA-2006:039)

high Nessus Plugin ID 20897

Synopsis

The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Evgeny Legerov discovered cases of possible out-of-bounds access in the DER decoding schemes of libtasn1, when provided with invalid input. This library is bundled with gnutls.

The provided packages have been patched to correct these issues.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 20897

File Name: mandrake_MDKSA-2006-039.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Published: 2/14/2006

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:gnutls, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64gnutls11, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64gnutls11-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libgnutls11, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libgnutls11-devel, cpe:/o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:10.1, cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2006, x-cpe:/o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:le2005

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

Patch Publication Date: 2/13/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-0645

MDKSA: 2006:039