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Fedora 10 : gnutls-2.4.2-5.fc10 (2009-8622)
high Nessus Plugin ID 41629
Synopsis
The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.Description
This update fixes handling of NUL characters in certificate Common Name or subjectAltName fields especially in regards to comparsion to hostnames.Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
Solution
Update the affected gnutls package.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 41629
File Name: fedora_2009-8622.nasl
Version: 1.16
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Fedora Local Security Checks
Published: 9/28/2009
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: High
Base Score: 7.5
Temporal Score: 5.5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:gnutls, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:10
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 8/15/2009
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2009-2730
BID: 35952