Security update for GnuTLS

SUSE Security Update: Security update for GnuTLS
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2012:0807-1
Rating: low
References: #739898 #753301 #754223
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP4

  • An update that solves one vulnerability and has two fixes is now available.

    Description:


    This update of GnuTLS fixes multiple vulnerabilities:

    * CVE-2012-1569: remote attackers could cause a denial
    of service (heap memory corruption and application crash)
    via an issue in the asn1_get_length_der() function
    * CVE-2012-1573: crafted GenericBlockCipher structures
    allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap
    memory corruption and application crash)
    * CVE-2012-0390: A vulnerability in the DTLS
    implementation which could allow remote attackers to
    recover partial plaintext via a timing side-channel attack
    was fixed.

    Security Issue reference:

    * CVE-2012-0390
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    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc s390x x86_64):
    • gnutls-1.2.10-13.30.1
    • gnutls-devel-1.2.10-13.30.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 (s390x x86_64):
    • gnutls-32bit-1.2.10-13.30.1
    • gnutls-devel-32bit-1.2.10-13.30.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 (ia64):
    • gnutls-x86-1.2.10-13.30.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 (ppc):
    • gnutls-64bit-1.2.10-13.30.1
    • gnutls-devel-64bit-1.2.10-13.30.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP4 (i586 x86_64):
    • gnutls-1.2.10-13.30.1
    • gnutls-devel-1.2.10-13.30.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP4 (x86_64):
    • gnutls-32bit-1.2.10-13.30.1
    • gnutls-devel-32bit-1.2.10-13.30.1

    References:

  • http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-0390.html
  • https://bugzilla.novell.com/739898
  • https://bugzilla.novell.com/753301
  • https://bugzilla.novell.com/754223
  • http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=db5ce46e4686a3180984675829d5453e