Security update for gnutls

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2019:1351-1
Rating: important
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2018-16868 ( SUSE ): 5.3 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • CVE-2018-16868 ( NVD ): 5.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N
  • CVE-2018-16868 ( NVD ): 5.6 CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N
Affected Products:
  • Basesystem Module 15
  • Desktop Applications Module 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15

An update that solves one vulnerability and has one security fix can now be installed.

Description:

This update for gnutls fixes the following issues:

Security issue fixed:

  • CVE-2018-16868: Fixed Bleichenbacher-like side channel leakage in PKCS#1 v1.5 verification (bsc#1118087).

Non-security issue fixed:

  • Explicitly require libnettle 3.4.1 to prevent missing symbol errors (bsc#1134856).

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • Basesystem Module 15
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-2019-1351=1
  • Desktop Applications Module 15
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Desktop-Applications-15-2019-1351=1

Package List:

  • Basesystem Module 15 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • libgnutls30-debuginfo-3.6.7-6.11.1
    • gnutls-debuginfo-3.6.7-6.11.1
    • libgnutlsxx28-debuginfo-3.6.7-6.11.1
    • gnutls-3.6.7-6.11.1
    • libgnutls30-3.6.7-6.11.1
    • gnutls-debugsource-3.6.7-6.11.1
    • libgnutls-devel-3.6.7-6.11.1
    • libgnutlsxx28-3.6.7-6.11.1
    • libgnutlsxx-devel-3.6.7-6.11.1
  • Basesystem Module 15 (x86_64)
    • libgnutls30-32bit-3.6.7-6.11.1
    • libgnutls30-32bit-debuginfo-3.6.7-6.11.1
  • Desktop Applications Module 15 (x86_64)
    • gnutls-debugsource-3.6.7-6.11.1
    • libgnutls30-32bit-3.6.7-6.11.1
    • libgnutls30-32bit-debuginfo-3.6.7-6.11.1

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