openSUSE Security Update : gnutls (openSUSE-SU-2014:0325-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 75274

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The gnutls library was updated to fixed x509 certificate validation problems, where man-in-the-middle attackers could hijack SSL connections.

This update also reenables Elliptic Curve support to meet current day cryptographic requirements.

Solution

Update the affected gnutls packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 75274

File Name: openSUSE-2014-181.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 6/13/2014

Updated: 1/19/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libgnutls-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libgnutls-devel-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libgnutls-openssl-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:gnutls, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libgnutls-openssl27-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libgnutls28, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libgnutlsxx28-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libgnutls28-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libgnutlsxx28, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libgnutls28-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libgnutls28-debuginfo-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:gnutls-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libgnutlsxx-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libgnutls-openssl27, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:13.1, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:gnutls-debuginfo

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/4/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-0092

BID: 65919

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