Debian DSA-2697-1 : gnutls26 - out-of-bounds array read

medium Nessus Plugin ID 66678

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

It was discovered that a malicious client could crash a GNUTLS server and vice versa, by sending TLS records encrypted with a block cipher which contain invalid padding.

The oldstable distribution (squeeze) is not affected because the security fix that introduced this vulnerability was not applied to it.

Solution

Upgrade the gnutls26 packages.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 2.12.20-7.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 66678

File Name: debian_DSA-2697.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 5/30/2013

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:gnutls26, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Patch Publication Date: 5/29/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-2116

DSA: 2697

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