| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 44 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| gnutls: denial of service | 25 Aug 201500:00 | – | archlinux | |
| The vulnerability of the GnuTLS library, which allows a hacker to cause a service failure | 8 Sep 201500:00 | – | bdu_fstec | |
| GnuTLS 'common.c' Denial of Service Vulnerability | 14 Aug 201500:00 | – | cnvd | |
| GnuTLS DistinguishedName Decoding Double Free (CVE-2015-6251) | 26 Oct 201500:00 | – | checkpoint_advisories | |
| GnuTLS DistinguishedName Decoding Double Free - ver 2 (CVE-2015-6251) | 31 May 201600:00 | – | checkpoint_advisories | |
| CVE-2015-6251 | 24 Aug 201514:00 | – | cve | |
| CVE-2015-6251 | 24 Aug 201514:00 | – | cvelist | |
| CVE-2015-6251 | 24 Aug 201514:00 | – | debiancve | |
| Debian DSA-3334-1 : gnutls28 - security update | 13 Aug 201500:00 | – | nessus | |
| Fedora 23 : gnutls-3.4.4-1.fc23 (2015-13287) | 1 Sep 201500:00 | – | nessus |
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
##
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(219099);
script_version("1.3");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2025/09/03");
script_cve_id("CVE-2015-6251");
script_name(english:"Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2015-6251");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be
patched.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied
patch available.
- Double free vulnerability in GnuTLS before 3.3.17 and 3.4.x before 3.4.4 allows remote attackers to cause
a denial of service via a long DistinguishedName (DN) entry in a certificate. (CVE-2015-6251)
Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2015-6251");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"There is no known solution at this time.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"agent", value:"unix");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H");
script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2015-6251");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vendor_unpatched", value:"true");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2015/08/10");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2025/03/04");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:centos:centos:7");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gnutls");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gnutls-c++");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gnutls-dane");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gnutls-devel");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gnutls-utils");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gnutls");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gnutls-c++");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gnutls-dane");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gnutls-devel");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gnutls-utils");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family(english:"Misc.");
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2025 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_dependencies("set_linux_os_id.nasl", "ssh_get_info2.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/OS/identifier", "Host/cpu", "Host/local_checks_enabled", "global_settings/vendor_unpatched");
script_require_ports("Host/OS/CentOS Linux-7", "Host/OS/Red Hat Enterprise Linux-7");
exit(0);
}
if (!get_kb_item("global_settings/vendor_unpatched")) exit(0, "Unpatched Vulnerabilities Detection not active.");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (empty_or_null(get_one_kb_item("Host/CentOS/rpm-list")) && empty_or_null(get_one_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list"))) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
include('linux_unpatched.inc');
var distro_constraints_array = {
"CentOS Linux-7": {
"package_manager": "rpm-list",
"constraints": [
{
"release": "7",
"pkgs": [
{"reference": "gnutls"},
{"reference": "gnutls-c++"},
{"reference": "gnutls-dane"},
{"reference": "gnutls-devel"},
{"reference": "gnutls-utils"}
]
}
]
},
"Red Hat Enterprise Linux-7": {
"package_manager": "rpm-list",
"constraints": [
{
"release": "7",
"pkgs": [
{"reference": "gnutls"},
{"reference": "gnutls-c++"},
{"reference": "gnutls-dane"},
{"reference": "gnutls-devel"},
{"reference": "gnutls-utils"}
]
}
]
}
};
var distro_constraints_values = linux_unpatched::get_distro_constraints(distro_constraints_arr:distro_constraints_array);
if (empty_or_null(distro_constraints_values)) audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, 'affected');
var report = linux_unpatched::check_unpatched_constraints(distro_constraints_values:distro_constraints_values);
if (!empty_or_null(report))
{
security_report_v4(
port : 0,
severity : SECURITY_WARNING,
extra : report
);
exit(0);
}
else
{
audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, 'affected');
}
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