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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.843205
Category:Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-3318-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'gnutls26, gnutls28' package(s) announced via the USN-3318-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'gnutls26, gnutls28' package(s) announced via the USN-3318-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Hubert Kario discovered that GnuTLS incorrectly handled decoding a status
response TLS extension. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to
cause GnuTLS to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only
applied to Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.10 and Ubuntu 17.04. (CVE-2017-7507)

It was discovered that GnuTLS incorrectly handled decoding certain OpenPGP
certificates. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause GnuTLS to
crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary
code. (CVE-2017-7869)

Affected Software/OS:
'gnutls26, gnutls28' package(s) on Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 16.10, Ubuntu 17.04.

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-2017-7507
99102
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99102
DSA-3884
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3884
RHSA-2017:2292
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2292
https://www.gnutls.org/security.html#GNUTLS-SA-2017-4
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2017-7869
BugTraq ID: 97040
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97040
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=420
https://gitlab.com/gnutls/gnutls/commit/51464af713d71802e3c6d5ac15f1a95132a354fe
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2017:2292
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