MGASA-2019-0134 - Updated gnutls packages fix security vulnerability

Publication date: 05 Apr 2019
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2019-0134.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 6
CVE: CVE-2019-3829

A vulnerability was found in gnutls versions from 3.5.8 before 3.6.7. A
memory corruption (double free) vulnerability in the certificate
verification API. Any client or server application that verifies X.509
certificates with GnuTLS 3.5.8 or later is affected. (CVE-2019-3829)

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=24590
- https://www.gnutls.org/security-new.html
- https://gitlab.com/gnutls/gnutls/-/issues/694
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/WRSOL66LHP4SD3Y2ECJDOGT4K663ECDU/
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-3829

SRPMS:
- 6/core/gnutls-3.5.13-1.3.mga6

Mageia 2019-0134: gnutls security update

A vulnerability was found in gnutls versions from 3.5.8 before 3.6.7

Summary

A vulnerability was found in gnutls versions from 3.5.8 before 3.6.7. A memory corruption (double free) vulnerability in the certificate verification API. Any client or server application that verifies X.509 certificates with GnuTLS 3.5.8 or later is affected. (CVE-2019-3829)

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=24590

- https://www.gnutls.org/security-new.html

- https://gitlab.com/gnutls/gnutls/-/issues/694

- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/WRSOL66LHP4SD3Y2ECJDOGT4K663ECDU/

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-3829

Resolution

MGASA-2019-0134 - Updated gnutls packages fix security vulnerability

SRPMS

- 6/core/gnutls-3.5.13-1.3.mga6

Severity
Publication date: 05 Apr 2019
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2019-0134.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2019-3829

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