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SuSE 10 Security Update : gnutls (ZYPP Patch Number 2117)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 29447

Synopsis

The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch.

Description

A security problem was fixed in the GNU TLS library, where excess data was not checked during signature checking with RSA keys with exponent 3.

This problem could be used to fake those RSA signatures.
(CVE-2006-4790)

Solution

Apply ZYPP patch number 2117.

See Also

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2006-4790.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 29447

File Name: suse_gnutls-2117.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/13/2007

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, 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: cpe:/o:suse:suse_linux

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

Patch Publication Date: 9/22/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-4790