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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.64971
Category:Fedora Local Security Checks
Title:Fedora Core 10 FEDORA-2009-8622 (gnutls)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update to gnutls;announced via advisory FEDORA-2009-8622.;Note: This VT has been deprecated and is therefore no longer functional.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update to gnutls
announced via advisory FEDORA-2009-8622.
Note: This VT has been deprecated and is therefore no longer functional.

Vulnerability Insight:
Update Information:

This update fixes handling of NUL characters in certificate Common Name or
subjectAltName fields especially in regards to comparison to hostnames.

ChangeLog:

* Wed Sep 23 2009 Tomas Mraz 2.4.2-5

- fix handling of hostname in openpgp certificates

* Fri Aug 14 2009 Tomas Mraz 2.4.2-4

- fix CVE-2009-2730 - handling of NUL chars in certificate CNs and SANs

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.

CVSS Score:
7.5

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

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2009-2730
Bugtraq: 20091120 VMSA-2009-0016 VMware vCenter and ESX update release and vMA patch release address multiple security issue in third party components (Google Search)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/14/6
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10778
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8409
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1232.html
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2010:0095
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0095.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022777
http://secunia.com/advisories/36266
http://secunia.com/advisories/36496
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SR:2009:015 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-09/msg00001.html
XForce ISS Database: gnutls-cn-san-security-bypass(52404)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/52404
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2008-4989
BugTraq ID: 32232
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32232
Bugtraq: 20081117 rPSA-2008-0322-1 gnutls (Google Search)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498431/100/0/threaded
Debian Security Information: DSA-1719 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1719
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00222.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00293.html
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200901-10.xml
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:227
http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.encryption.gpg.gnutls.devel/3217
http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.encryption.gpg.gnutls.devel/3215
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11650
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0982.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021167
http://secunia.com/advisories/32619
http://secunia.com/advisories/32681
http://secunia.com/advisories/32687
http://secunia.com/advisories/32879
http://secunia.com/advisories/33501
http://secunia.com/advisories/33694
http://secunia.com/advisories/35423
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-260528-1
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SR:2008:027 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-12/msg00002.html
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SR:2009:009 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00010.html
https://usn.ubuntu.com/678-1/
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-678-2
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3086
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1567
XForce ISS Database: gnutls-x509-name-spoofing(46482)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46482
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