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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.10.2020.0379
Category:Mageia Linux Local Security Checks
Title:Mageia: Security Advisory (MGASA-2020-0379)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'gnutls' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2020-0379 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'gnutls' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2020-0379 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
An issue was discovered in GnuTLS before 3.6.15. A server can trigger a NULL
pointer dereference in a TLS 1.3 client if a no_renegotiation alert is sent
with unexpected timing, and then an invalid second handshake occurs. The crash
happens in the application's error handling path, where the gnutls_deinit
function is called after detecting a handshake failure (CVE-2020-24659).

Affected Software/OS:
'gnutls' package(s) on Mageia 7.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
5.0

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

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2020-24659
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/62BUAI4FQQLG6VTKRT7SUZPGJJ4NASQ3/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AWN56FDLQQXT2D2YHNI4TYH432TDMQ7N/
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202009-01
https://gitlab.com/gnutls/gnutls/-/issues/1071
https://www.gnutls.org/security-new.html#GNUTLS-SA-2020-09-04
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2020:1724 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00054.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2020:1743 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00060.html
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4491-1/
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