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GLSA-200901-10 : GnuTLS: Certificate validation error

medium Nessus Plugin ID 35379

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200901-10 (GnuTLS: Certificate validation error)

 Martin von Gagern reported that the _gnutls_x509_verify_certificate() function in lib/x509/verify.c trusts certificate chains in which the last certificate is an arbitrary trusted, self-signed certificate.
 Impact :

 A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability and spoof arbitrary names to conduct Man-In-The-Middle attacks and intercept sensitive information.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All GnuTLS users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-libs/gnutls-2.4.1-r2'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200901-10

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 35379

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200901-10.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Published: 1/15/2009

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: 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: cpe:/o:gentoo:linux, p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:gnutls

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 1/14/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-4989

CWE: 255

GLSA: 200901-10