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SUSE: 2020:2988-1 Moderate: GnuTLS Buffer Overflow and FIPS Improvement

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Calendar Grey October 21, 2020
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SUSE Security Update: Security update for gnutls ___________________________________________________
An update that solves one vulnerability and has two fixes is now available

Summary

This update for gnutls fixes the following issues: - Fix heap buffer overflow in handshake with no_renegotiation alert sent (CVE-2020-24659 bsc#1176181) - FIPS: Implement (EC)DH requirements from SP800-56Arev3 (bsc#1176086) - FIPS: Use 2048 bit prime in DH selftest (bsc#1176086) - FIPS: Add TLS KDF selftest (bsc#1176671) Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch". Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 15: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-2020-2988=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-2020-2988=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP1:

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate buffer overflow software update SUSE gnutls FIPS compliance

References

#1176086 #1176181 #1176671

Cross- CVE-2020-24659

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 15

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP1

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-24659.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1176086

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1176181

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1176671

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2020:2988-1
Rating: moderate

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate buffer overflow software update SUSE gnutls FIPS compliance

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