Gentoo GLSA-201506-03 Normal: Denial of Service Risk in GnuTLS
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June 22, 2015
Multiple vulnerabilities have been fixed in GnuTLS, the worst of which can cause Denial of Service
Summary
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in GnuTLS. Please review the CVE identifiers and external references below for details.
Topics Covered
Resolution
All GnuTLS users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-libs/gnutls-3.3.15"
References
[ 1 ] CVE-2015-3308 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-3308 [ 2 ] GNUTLS-SA-2015-2 http://www.gnutls.org/security.html#GNUTLS-SA-2015-2
Availability
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201506-03
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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: June 22, 2015
Bugs: #546760, #548636
ID: 201506-03
Topics Covered
Background
GnuTLS is an Open Source implementation of the TLS and SSL protocols.
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Affected Packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 net-libs/gnutls < 3.3.15 >= 3.3.15
Impact
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A context-dependent attacker can cause a denial of service condition.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.
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