Gentoo: GLSA-201310-18 Moderate GnuTLS Denial of Service Risk
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October 28, 2013
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in GnuTLS, the worst of which could lead to Denial of Service.
Summary
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in GnuTLS. Please review the CVE identifiers and Lucky Thirteen research paper referenced below for details.
Topics Covered
Resolution
All GnuTLS users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-libs/gnutls-2.12.23-r1"
References
[ 1 ] CVE-2013-1619 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-1619 [ 2 ] CVE-2013-2116 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-2116 [ 3 ] Lucky Thirteen: Breaking the TLS and DTLS Record Protocols
Availability
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201310-18
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Concerns
Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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Severity: Normal
Title: GnuTLS: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: October 28, 2013
Bugs: #455560, #471788
ID: 201310-18
Topics Covered
Background
GnuTLS is an Open Source implementation of the TLS 1.2 and SSL 3.0
protocols.
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Affected Packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 net-libs/gnutls < 2.12.23-r1 >= 2.12.23-r1
Impact
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A remote attacker could sent a specially crafted packet to cause a
Denial of Service condition. Additionally, a remote attacker could
perform man-in-the-middle attacks to recover plaintext data.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.
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