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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : gnutls (MDVSA-2008:227-1)

🗓️ 23 Apr 2009 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
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Mandriva Linux gnutls security update for spoofing identity and certificate chain verificatio

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#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300

#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
# extracted from Mandriva Linux Security Advisory MDVSA-2008:227. 
# The text itself is copyright (C) Mandriva S.A.
#

include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(36960);
  script_version("1.13");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/06");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2008-4989");
  script_xref(name:"MDVSA", value:"2008:227-1");

  script_name(english:"Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : gnutls (MDVSA-2008:227-1)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated packages");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:
"The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security
updates."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"Martin von Gagern found a flow in how GnuTLS versions 1.2.4 up until
2.6.1 verified certificate chains provided by a server. A malicious
server could use this flaw to spoof its identity by tricking client
applications that used the GnuTLS library to trust invalid
certificates (CVE-2008-4989).

Update :

It was found that the previously-published patch to correct this issue
caused a regression when dealing with self-signed certificates. An
updated patch that fixes the security issue and resolves the
regression issue has been applied to these packages."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.encryption.gpg.gnutls.devel/3248"
  );
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected packages.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N");
  script_cwe_id(255);

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:gnutls");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64gnutls-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64gnutls13");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64gnutls26");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libgnutls-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libgnutls13");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libgnutls26");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2008.0");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2008.1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2009.0");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2008/11/17");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2009/04/23");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2009-2021 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
  script_family(english:"Mandriva Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/cpu", "Host/Mandrake/release", "Host/Mandrake/rpm-list");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("rpm.inc");


if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Mandrake/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Mandriva / Mandake Linux");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Mandrake/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if (cpu !~ "^(amd64|i[3-6]86|x86_64)$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Mandriva / Mandrake Linux", cpu);


flag = 0;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2008.0", reference:"gnutls-2.0.0-2.3mdv2008.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2008.0", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"lib64gnutls-devel-2.0.0-2.3mdv2008.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2008.0", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"lib64gnutls13-2.0.0-2.3mdv2008.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2008.0", cpu:"i386", reference:"libgnutls-devel-2.0.0-2.3mdv2008.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2008.0", cpu:"i386", reference:"libgnutls13-2.0.0-2.3mdv2008.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++;

if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2008.1", reference:"gnutls-2.3.0-2.3mdv2008.1", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2008.1", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"lib64gnutls-devel-2.3.0-2.3mdv2008.1", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2008.1", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"lib64gnutls26-2.3.0-2.3mdv2008.1", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2008.1", cpu:"i386", reference:"libgnutls-devel-2.3.0-2.3mdv2008.1", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2008.1", cpu:"i386", reference:"libgnutls26-2.3.0-2.3mdv2008.1", yank:"mdv")) flag++;

if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2009.0", reference:"gnutls-2.4.1-2.2mdv2009.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2009.0", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"lib64gnutls-devel-2.4.1-2.2mdv2009.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2009.0", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"lib64gnutls26-2.4.1-2.2mdv2009.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2009.0", cpu:"i386", reference:"libgnutls-devel-2.4.1-2.2mdv2009.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2009.0", cpu:"i386", reference:"libgnutls26-2.4.1-2.2mdv2009.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++;


if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get());
  else security_warning(0);
  exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");

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