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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.13.2024.079.01
Category:Slackware Local Security Checks
Title:Slackware: Security Advisory (SSA:2024-079-01)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'gnutls' package(s) announced via the SSA:2024-079-01 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'gnutls' package(s) announced via the SSA:2024-079-01 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
New gnutls packages are available for Slackware 15.0 and -current to
fix security issues.


Here are the details from the Slackware 15.0 ChangeLog:
+--------------------------+
patches/packages/gnutls-3.8.4-i586-1_slack15.0.txz: Upgraded.
This update fixes two medium severity security issues:
libgnutls: Fix side-channel in the deterministic ECDSA.
Reported by George Pantelakis (#1516).
libgnutls: Fixed a bug where certtool crashed when verifying a certificate
chain with more than 16 certificates. Reported by William Woodruff (#1525)
and yixiangzhike (#1527).
For more information, see:
[links moved to references]
(* Security fix *)
+--------------------------+

Affected Software/OS:
'gnutls' package(s) on Slackware 15.0, Slackware current.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
4.9

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2024-28834
RHBZ#2269228
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2269228
RHSA-2024:1784
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1784
RHSA-2024:1879
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1879
RHSA-2024:1997
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1997
RHSA-2024:2044
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2044
RHSA-2024:2570
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2570
RHSA-2024:2889
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2889
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/22/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/22/2
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-28834
https://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnutls-help/2024-March/004845.html
https://minerva.crocs.fi.muni.cz/
https://people.redhat.com/~hkario/marvin/
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2024-28835
RHBZ#2269084
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2269084
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-28835
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