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RHEL 5 : gnutls (RHSA-2012:0428)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 58509
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for gnutls.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2012:0428 advisory.- gnutls: buffer overflow in gnutls_session_get_data() (GNUTLS-SA-2011-2) (CVE-2011-4128)
- libtasn1: DER decoding buffer overflow (GNUTLS-SA-2012-3, MU-201202-02) (CVE-2012-1569)
- gnutls: TLS record handling issue (GNUTLS-SA-2012-2, MU-201202-01) (CVE-2012-1573)
Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Update the RHEL gnutls package based on the guidance in RHSA-2012:0428.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?cc58e835
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012:0428
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=752308
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 58509
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2012-0428.nasl
Version: 1.23
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 3/28/2012
Updated: 4/24/2024
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.7
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Important
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5
Temporal Score: 3.9
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-1573
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 9.8
Temporal Score: 8.8
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gnutls, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gnutls-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gnutls-utils, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 3/27/2012
Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/8/2011
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2011-4128, CVE-2012-1569, CVE-2012-1573
RHSA: 2012:0428