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openSUSE Security Update : gnutls (openSUSE-2017-207)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 97004

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for gnutls fixes the following security issues :

 - GnuTLS could have crashed when processing maliciously crafted OpenPGP certificates (GNUTLS-SA-2017-2, bsc#1018832, CVE-2017-5335, CVE-2017-5337, CVE-2017-5336)

 - GnuTLS could have falsely accepted certificates when using OCSP (GNUTLS-SA-2016-3, bsc#999646, CVE-2016-7444)

 - GnuTLS could have suffered from 100% CPU load DoS attacks by using SSL alert packets during the handshake (bsc#1005879, CVE-2016-8610)

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-12:Update update project.

Solution

Update the affected gnutls packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1005879

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1018832

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=999646

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 97004

File Name: openSUSE-2017-207.nasl

Version: 3.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/6/2017

Updated: 1/19/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.2, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.1, 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, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:gnutls-debuginfo

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

Patch Publication Date: 2/4/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-7444, CVE-2016-8610, CVE-2017-5335, CVE-2017-5336, CVE-2017-5337