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Mageia 7: MGASA-2020-0168 Critical Gnutls DTLS Protocol Flaw Advisory

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Calendar Grey April 15, 2020
Dist Mageia Esm H88
A recent update for GnuTLS fixes a vulnerability in the DTLS protocol that impacts Mageia 7, identified as CVE-2020-11501. More information is available within.

Updated gnutls packages fix security vulnerability: A flaw was reported in the DTLS protocol implementation in GnuTLS

Summary

Updated gnutls packages fix security vulnerability:
A flaw was reported in the DTLS protocol implementation in GnuTLS. The DTLS client would not contribute any randomness to the DTLS negotiation, breaking the security guarantees of the DTLS protocol (CVE-2020-11501).

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=26444

- https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2020/msg00055.html

- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-11501

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Topics Covered

security advisory update fix gnutls protocol dtls mageia

Resolution

SRPMS

- 7/core/gnutls-3.6.7-1.1.mga7

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Publication date: 15 Apr 2020
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2020-0168.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2020-11501

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Topics Covered

security advisory update fix gnutls protocol dtls mageia

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