| Description: | Description:
The remote host is missing an update to gnutls
announced via advisory FEDORA-2008-4274.
GnuTLS is a project that aims to develop a library which provides a secure
layer, over a reliable transport layer. Currently the GnuTLS library implements
the proposed standards by the IETF's TLS working group.
Update Information:
Fixes critical security issue GNUTLS-SA-2008-1 described here:
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/gnutls-devel/2008-05/msg00060.html All
applications and system services which utilize gnutls library must be restarted
for the updates to take effect.
ChangeLog:
* Tue May 20 2008 Tomas Mraz 1.6.3-3
- fix three security issues in gnutls handshake - GNUTLS-SA-2008-1
(#447461, #447462, #447463)
References:
[ 1 ] Bug #447463 - CVE-2008-1950 GNUTLS-SA-2008-1-3 GnuTLS memory overread flaw
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=447463
[ 2 ] Bug #447461 - CVE-2008-1948 GNUTLS-SA-2008-1-1 GnuTLS buffer overflow
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=447461
[ 3 ] Bug #447462 - CVE-2008-1949 GNUTLS-SA-2008-1-2 GnuTLS null-pointer dereference
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=447462
Solution: Apply the appropriate updates.
This update can be installed with the yum update program. Use
su -c 'yum update gnutls' at the command line.
For more information, refer to Managing Software with yum,
available at http://docs.fedoraproject.org/yum/.
http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=FEDORA-2008-4274
Risk factor : Critical
CVSS Score:
10.0
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