SB2014030403 - SUSE Linux update for gnutls

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SB2014030403 - SUSE Linux update for gnutls

Published: March 4, 2014

Security Bulletin ID SB2014030403
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Data manipulation

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CVE-ID: CVE-2009-5138)

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.

GnuTLS before 2.7.6, when the GNUTLS_VERIFY_ALLOW_X509_V1_CA_CRT flag is not enabled, treats version 1 X.509 certificates as intermediate CAs, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended restrictions by leveraging a X.509 V1 certificate from a trusted CA to issue new certificates, a different vulnerability than CVE-2014-1959.


2) Cryptographic issues (CVE-ID: CVE-2014-0092)

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.

lib/x509/verify.c in GnuTLS before 3.1.22 and 3.2.x before 3.2.12 does not properly handle unspecified errors when verifying X.509 certificates from SSL servers, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof servers via a crafted certificate.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References