Security update for gnutls

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:20017-1
Release Date: 2025-02-03T08:48:39Z
Rating: important
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2024-28834 ( SUSE ): 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • CVE-2024-28834 ( NVD ): 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • CVE-2024-28835 ( SUSE ): 5.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2024-28835 ( NVD ): 5.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Micro 6.0

An update that solves two vulnerabilities and has one fix can now be installed.

Description:

This update for gnutls fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2024-28835: certtool crash when verifying a certificate chain (bsc#1221747)
  • CVE-2024-28834: Fixed side-channel in the deterministic ECDSA (bsc#1221746)
  • jitterentropy: Release the memory of the entropy collector when using jitterentropy with phtreads as there is also a pre-initialization done in the main thread. (bsc#1221242)

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:

  • SUSE Linux Micro 6.0
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-6.0-25=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Micro 6.0 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)
    • gnutls-debugsource-3.8.3-2.1
    • libgnutls30-debuginfo-3.8.3-2.1
    • gnutls-debuginfo-3.8.3-2.1
    • libgnutls30-3.8.3-2.1
    • gnutls-3.8.3-2.1

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