Executive Summary
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Title | GnuTLS vulnerability |
| Informations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | USN-2121-1 | First vendor Publication | 2014-02-25 |
| Vendor | Ubuntu | Last vendor Modification | 2014-02-25 |
| 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:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cvss Base Score | 5.8 | Attack Range | Network |
| Cvss Impact Score | 4.9 | Attack Complexity | Medium |
| Cvss Expoit Score | 8.6 | Authentication | None Required |
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Detail
| A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 13.10 - Ubuntu 12.10 - Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Summary: GnuTLS incorrectly validated certain intermediate certificates. Software Description: - gnutls26: GNU TLS library Details: Suman Jana discovered that GnuTLS incorrectly handled version 1 intermediate certificates. This resulted in them being considered to be a valid CA certificate by default, which was contrary to documented behaviour. Update instructions: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 13.10: Ubuntu 12.10: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes. References: Package Information: |
Original Source
| Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2121-1 |
CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration
| % | Id | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 100 % | CWE-264 | Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls |
OVAL Definitions
| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:23693 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:23693 | ||
| Title: | DSA-2866-1 gnutls26 - certificate verification flaw | ||
| Description: | Suman Jana reported that GnuTLS, deviating from the documented behavior, considers a version 1 intermediate certificate as a CA certificate by default. | ||
| Family: | unix | Class: | patch |
| Reference(s): | DSA-2866-1 CVE-2014-1959 | Version: | 5 |
| Platform(s): | Debian GNU/Linux 7 Debian GNU/kFreeBSD 7 | Product(s): | gnutls26 |
| Definition Synopsis: | |||
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| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:24385 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:24385 | ||
| Title: | USN-2121-1 -- gnutls26 vulnerability | ||
| Description: | GnuTLS incorrectly validated certain intermediate certificates. | ||
| Family: | unix | Class: | patch |
| Reference(s): | USN-2121-1 CVE-2014-1959 | Version: | 5 |
| Platform(s): | Ubuntu 13.10 Ubuntu 12.10 Ubuntu 12.04 | Product(s): | gnutls26 |
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CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2015-03-30 | Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : mandriva_MDVSA-2015-072.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2014-06-16 | Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : gentoo_GLSA-201406-09.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2014-03-05 | Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates. File : freebsd_pkg_f645aa90a3e811e3a4223c970e169bc2.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2014-02-26 | Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch. File : ubuntu_USN-2121-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2014-02-25 | Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2014-2565.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2014-02-25 | Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2014-2583.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2014-02-24 | Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update. File : debian_DSA-2866.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2014-02-23 | Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2014-2588.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2014-02-20 | Name : The remote Slackware host is missing a security update. File : Slackware_SSA_2014-050-01.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2014-02-20 | Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : mandriva_MDVSA-2014-043.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2014-02-18 | Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2014-2580.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
Alert History
| Date | Informations |
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| 2014-03-07 17:23:52 |
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| 2014-03-07 13:26:17 |
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| 2014-02-27 13:21:00 |
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| 2014-02-25 21:19:48 |
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