Debian dla-4063 : gnutls-bin - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 216622

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 dla-4063 advisory.

------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian LTS Advisory DLA-4063-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/lts/security/ Guilhem Moulin February 21, 2025 https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
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Package : gnutls28 Version : 3.7.1-5+deb11u7 CVE ID : CVE-2024-12243

Bing Shi discovered that GnuTLS, a portable library which implements the Transport Layer Security and Datagram Transport Layer Security protocols, had inefficient handling of certificate data with a large number of names or name constraints, potentially leading to Denial of Service upon specially crafted certificates.

For Debian 11 bullseye, this problem has been fixed in version 3.7.1-5+deb11u7.

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

Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS Attachment:
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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 gnutls-bin packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 216622

File Name: debian_DLA-4063.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 2/21/2025

Updated: 2/21/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-12243

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/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 Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/21/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/10/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-12243

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