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CentOS 5 / 6 : gnutls (CESA-2013:0883)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 66701

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Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Updated gnutls packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having important security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the References section.

The GnuTLS library provides support for cryptographic algorithms and for protocols such as Transport Layer Security (TLS).

It was discovered that the fix for the CVE-2013-1619 issue released via RHSA-2013:0588 introduced a regression in the way GnuTLS decrypted TLS/SSL encrypted records when CBC-mode cipher suites were used. A remote attacker could possibly use this flaw to crash a server or client application that uses GnuTLS. (CVE-2013-2116)

Users of GnuTLS are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which correct this issue. For the update to take effect, all applications linked to the GnuTLS library must be restarted.

Solution

Update the affected gnutls packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?46ba435e

http://www.nessus.org/u?f6294312

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 66701

File Name: centos_RHSA-2013-0883.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/31/2013

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 4.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2013-2116

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gnutls, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gnutls-guile, cpe:/o:centos:centos:6, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gnutls-devel, cpe:/o:centos:centos:5, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gnutls-utils

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/30/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/3/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-2116

BID: 60215

RHSA: 2013:0883