Executive Summary

Summary
Title GnuTLS vulnerabilities
Informations
Name USN-2727-1 First vendor Publication 2015-09-01
Vendor Ubuntu Last vendor Modification 2015-09-01
Severity (Vendor) N/A Revision N/A

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 7.5 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 6.4 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 10 Authentication None Required
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Detail

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 15.04

Summary:

GnuTLS could be made to crash or run programs if it processed a specially crafted certificate.

Software Description: - gnutls28: GNU TLS library

Details:

It was discovered that GnuTLS incorrectly handled parsing CRL distribution points. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2015-3308)

Kurt Roeckx discovered that GnuTLS incorrectly handled a long DistinguishedName (DN) entry in a certificate. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2015-6251)

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 15.04:
libgnutls-deb0-28 3.3.8-3ubuntu3.1

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2727-1
CVE-2015-3308, CVE-2015-6251

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnutls28/3.3.8-3ubuntu3.1

Original Source

Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2727-1

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 269
Os 1
Os 1

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2016-09-12 Name : The remote Slackware host is missing a security update.
File : Slackware_SSA_2016-254-01.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-09-11 Name : The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.
File : suse_SU-2015-1518-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-09-08 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : openSUSE-2015-567.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-09-02 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.
File : ubuntu_USN-2727-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-09-01 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2015-13287.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-08-24 Name : The remote Slackware host is missing a security update.
File : Slackware_SSA_2015-233-01.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-08-17 Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update.
File : freebsd_pkg_ec6a2a1e429d11e59daa14dae9d210b8.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-08-13 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-3334.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-06-23 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-201506-03.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-04-22 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2015-5131.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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Date Informations
2015-09-03 13:29:25
  • Multiple Updates
2015-09-02 21:34:20
  • Multiple Updates
2015-09-01 17:36:01
  • First insertion