FreeBSD : gnutls -- double free in certificate DN decoding (ec6a2a1e-429d-11e5-9daa-14dae9d210b8)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 85429

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Synopsis

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

Description

gnutls.org reports :

Kurt Roeckx reported that decoding a specific certificate with very long DistinguishedName (DN) entries leads to double free, which may result to a denial of service. Since the DN decoding occurs in almost all applications using certificates it is recommended to upgrade the latest GnuTLS version fixing the issue. Recommendation: Upgrade to GnuTLS 3.4.4, or 3.3.17.

Solution

Update the affected package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 85429

File Name: freebsd_pkg_ec6a2a1e429d11e59daa14dae9d210b8.nasl

Version: 2.7

Type: local

Family: FreeBSD Local Security Checks

Published: 8/17/2015

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

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:freebsd:freebsd:gnutls, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Patch Publication Date: 8/14/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/20/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-6251

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