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Gentoo: 200805-20 High: GnuTLS Code Execution Risk and DoS Threat

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Calendar Grey May 21, 2008
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Several GnuTLS security flaws have been identified that may facilitate code execution; it is advisable for Gentoo users to upgrade due to the elevated severity of these vulnerabilities.
Multiple vulnerabilities might allow for the execution of arbitrary code in daemons using GnuTLS.

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200805-20 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: High Title: GnuTLS: Execution of arbitrary code Date: May 21, 2008 Bugs: #222823 ID: 200805-20

Synopsis ======= Multiple vulnerabilities might allow for the execution of arbitrary code in daemons using GnuTLS.
Background ========= GnuTLS is an implementation of Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) 3.0 and Transport Layer Security (TLS) 1.0, 1.1 and 1.2.
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 net-libs/gnutls < 2.2.5 >= 2.2.5
========== Ossi Herrala and Jukka Taimisto of Codenomicon reported three vulnerabilities in libgnutls of GnuTLS:
* "Client Hello" messages containin...

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