SB2020061023 - Ubuntu update for GnuTLS
Published: June 10, 2020
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Man-in-the-Middle (MitM) attack (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-13777)
CWE-ID: CWE-300 - Channel Accessible by Non-Endpoint ('Man-in-the-Middle')
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Green
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform Man-in-the-Middle (MitM) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to regression, introduced into the TLS protocol implementation that caused the TLS server to not securely construct a session ticket encryption key considering the application supplied secret. A remote attacker can bypass authentication in TLS 1.3 and recover previous conversations in TLS 1.2
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.