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Fedora 8 : gnutls-1.6.3-5.fc8 (2008-9600)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 34750
Synopsis
The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.Description
- Tue Nov 11 2008 Tomas Mraz <tmraz at redhat.com> 1.6.3-5- fix chain verification issue CVE-2008-4989 (#470079)
- Fri Jun 20 2008 Tomas Mraz <tmraz at redhat.com> 1.6.3-4
- backported fix for compression support (#451952)
- Tue May 20 2008 Tomas Mraz <tmraz at redhat.com> 1.6.3-3
- fix three security issues in gnutls handshake - GNUTLS-SA-2008-1 (#447461, #447462, #447463)
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Solution
Update the affected gnutls package.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 34750
File Name: fedora_2008-9600.nasl
Version: 1.14
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Fedora Local Security Checks
Published: 11/12/2008
Updated: 1/11/2021
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 3.6
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.3
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:gnutls, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:8
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list
Patch Publication Date: 11/12/2008
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2008-4989