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Gentoo: GLSA-202102-27 Normal: GnuTLS Vulnerability Exploits

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Calendar Grey April 15, 2019
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
GnuTLS faces several security flaws that could result in Denial of Service incidents. It's recommended to update to version 3.6.7 to fix these vulnerabilities.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in GnuTLS, the worst of which could result in a Denial of Service condition.

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in GnuTLS. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Resolution

All GnuTLS users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-libs/gnutls-3.6.7"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2019-3829 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-3829 [ 2 ] CVE-2019-3836 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-3836

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-14
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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.

Severity: Normal
Title: GnuTLS: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: April 15, 2019
Bugs: #681846
ID: 201904-14

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in GnuTLS, the worst of which could result in a Denial of Service condition.

Background

GnuTLS is a secure communications library implementing the SSL, TLS and DTLS protocols and technologies around them.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 net-libs/gnutls < 3.6.7 >= 3.6.7

Impact

===== Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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