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Amazon Linux AMI : gnutls (ALAS-2017-815)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 99419
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Synopsis
The remote Amazon Linux AMI host is missing a security update.Description
A denial of service flaw was found in the way the TLS/SSL protocol definedprocessing of ALERT packets during a connection handshake. A remote attacker
could use this flaw to make a TLS/SSL server consume an excessive amount of CPU
and fail to accept connections form other clients. (CVE-2016-8610)
Multiple flaws were found in the way gnutls processed OpenPGP certificates. An
attacker could create specially crafted OpenPGP certificates which, when parsed
by gnutls, would cause it to crash. (CVE-2017-5335 , CVE-2017-5336 ,
CVE-2017-5337)
Solution
Run 'yum update gnutls' to update your system.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 99419
File Name: ala_ALAS-2017-815.nasl
Version: 3.3
Type: local
Agent: unix
Published: 4/18/2017
Updated: 4/18/2018
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Nessus Agent, 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:amazon:linux:gnutls-utils, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:gnutls-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:gnutls-guile, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:gnutls, cpe:/o:amazon:linux, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:gnutls-debuginfo
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/AmazonLinux/release, Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list
Patch Publication Date: 4/6/2017
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2016-8610, CVE-2017-5335, CVE-2017-5336, CVE-2017-5337