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FreeBSD : GnuTLS -- Memory corruption vulnerabilities (0c5369fc-d671-11e6-a9a5-b499baebfeaf)
high Nessus Plugin ID 96365
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Synopsis
The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update.Description
The GnuTLS project reports :- It was found using the OSS-FUZZ fuzzer infrastructure that decoding a specially crafted OpenPGP certificate could lead to heap and stack overflows. (GNUTLS-SA-2017-2)
- It was found using the OSS-FUZZ fuzzer infrastructure that decoding a specially crafted X.509 certificate with Proxy Certificate Information extension present could lead to a double free.
(GNUTLS-SA-2017-1)
Solution
Update the affected package.See Also
https://www.gnutls.org/news.html#2017-01-09
https://www.gnutls.org/security.html#GNUTLS-SA-2017-2
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 96365
File Name: freebsd_pkg_0c5369fcd67111e6a9a5b499baebfeaf.nasl
Version: 3.4
Type: local
Family: FreeBSD Local Security Checks
Published: 1/10/2017
Updated: 1/4/2021
Supported Sensors: Nessus
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: 1/9/2017
Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/9/2017