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openSUSE Security Update : gnutls (gnutls-1938)

high Nessus Plugin ID 44618

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

gnutls did not properly handle embedded '\0' characters in x509 certificates. Attackers using specially crafted certificates could exploit that to conduct man-in-the-middle attacks (CVE-2009-2730).

Solution

Update the affected gnutls packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=528372

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 44618

File Name: suse_11_2_gnutls-100208.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/15/2010

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:11.2, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libgnutls-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libgnutls26, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:gnutls, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libgnutls-extra-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libgnutls26-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libgnutls-extra26

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

Patch Publication Date: 2/8/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-2730

CWE: 310