Debian DSA-2441-1 Important: GnuTLS26 Remote Crash Vulnerability Alert
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March 25, 2012
Matthew Hall discovered that GNUTLS does not properly handle truncated GenericBlockCipher structures nested inside TLS records, leading to crashes in applications using the GNUTLS ...
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Summary
Matthew Hall discovered that GNUTLS does not properly handle truncated
GenericBlockCipher structures nested inside TLS records, leading to
crashes in applications using the GNUTLS library.
For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in
version 2.8.6-1+squeeze2.
For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 2.12.18-1 of the gnutls26 package and version 3.0.17-2 of the
gnutls28 package.
We recommend that you upgrade your gnutls26 packages.
Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: http://www.debian.org/security/
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Package: gnutls26
CVE ID: CVE-2012-1573
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