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Slackware: Security Advisory (SSA:2008-180-01)

🗓️ 10 Sep 2012 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2012 Greenbone AGType 
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The remote host is missing an update for the 'gnutls' package(s) announced via the SSA:2008-180-01 advisory. New gnutls packages are available for Slackware 12.0, 12.1, and -current to fix security issues

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2012 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.61461");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2008-1948", "CVE-2008-1949", "CVE-2008-1950");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2012-09-10 23:34:21 +0000 (Mon, 10 Sep 2012)");
  script_version("2025-01-14T05:37:02+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-01-14 05:37:02 +0000 (Tue, 14 Jan 2025)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"10.0");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");

  script_name("Slackware: Security Advisory (SSA:2008-180-01)");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2012 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Slackware Local Security Checks");
  script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/slackware_linux", "ssh/login/slackpack", re:"ssh/login/release=SLK(12\.0|12\.1|current)");

  script_xref(name:"Advisory-ID", value:"SSA:2008-180-01");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.419456");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the 'gnutls' package(s) announced via the SSA:2008-180-01 advisory.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"New gnutls packages are available for Slackware 12.0, 12.1, and -current to
fix security issues.

More details about the issues may be found in the Common
Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) database:

 [links moved to references]


Here are the details from the Slackware 12.1 ChangeLog:
+--------------------------+
patches/packages/gnutls-2.2.5-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz:
 Upgraded to GnuTLS version 2.2.5.
 This updated package fixes bugs which can lead to a denial of service
 (DoS) in programs linked with GnuTLS. Thanks to Ossi Herrala and
 Jukka Taimisto from the CROSS project at Codenomicon Ltd. for finding
 and reporting the problems, and to Simon Josefsson and
 Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos for researching the issues and developing
 patches, and to Andreas Metzler for noting and reporting a problem with
 one of the original patches.
 For more information about the issues patched, please refer to:
 [links moved to references]
 (* Security fix *)
+--------------------------+");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"'gnutls' package(s) on Slackware 12.0, Slackware 12.1, Slackware current.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Please install the updated package(s).");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");

  exit(0);
}

include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-slack.inc");

release = slk_get_ssh_release();
if(!release)
  exit(0);

res = "";
report = "";

if(release == "SLK12.0") {

  if(!isnull(res = isslkpkgvuln(pkg:"gnutls", ver:"1.6.3-i486-1_slack12.0", rls:"SLK12.0"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(report != "") {
    security_message(data:report);
  } else if(__pkg_match) {
    exit(99);
  }
  exit(0);
}

if(release == "SLK12.1") {

  if(!isnull(res = isslkpkgvuln(pkg:"gnutls", ver:"2.2.5-i486-1_slack12.1", rls:"SLK12.1"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(report != "") {
    security_message(data:report);
  } else if(__pkg_match) {
    exit(99);
  }
  exit(0);
}

if(release == "SLKcurrent") {

  if(!isnull(res = isslkpkgvuln(pkg:"gnutls", ver:"2.2.5-i486-1", rls:"SLKcurrent"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(report != "") {
    security_message(data:report);
  } else if(__pkg_match) {
    exit(99);
  }
  exit(0);
}

exit(0);

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