CentOS 4 : gnutls (CESA-2005:430)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 21938

Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Updated GnuTLS packages that fix a remote denial of service vulnerability are available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.

This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

The GnuTLS library implements Secure Sockets Layer (SSL v3) and Transport Layer Security (TLS v1) protocols.

A denial of service bug was found in the GnuTLS library versions prior to 1.0.25. A remote attacker could perform a carefully crafted TLS handshake against a service that uses the GnuTLS library causing the service to crash. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2005-1431 to this issue.

All users of GnuTLS are advised to upgrade to these updated packages and to restart any services which use GnuTLS.

Solution

Update the affected gnutls packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 21938

File Name: centos_RHSA-2005-430.nasl

Version: 1.20

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: CentOS Local Security Checks

Published: 7/5/2006

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gnutls, cpe:/o:centos:centos:4, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gnutls-devel

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

Patch Publication Date: 6/2/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/3/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-1431

RHSA: 2005:430

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