Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : gnutls (MDKSA-2006:166)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 24552

Synopsis

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

Description

verify.c in GnuTLS before 1.4.4, when using an RSA key with exponent 3, does not properly handle excess data in the digestAlgorithm.parameters field when generating a hash, which allows remote attackers to forge a PKCS #1 v1.5 signature that is signed by that RSA key and prevents GnuTLS from correctly verifying X.509 and other certificates that use PKCS, a variant of CVE-2006-4339.

The provided packages have been patched to correct this issues.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 24552

File Name: mandrake_MDKSA-2006-166.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Family: Mandriva Local Security Checks

Published: 2/18/2007

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

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:mandriva:linux:2006

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

Patch Publication Date: 9/19/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-4790

MDKSA: 2006:166

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