10 High
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
6.4 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
Low
0.084 Low
EPSS
Percentile
94.5%
The remote host is missing an update for the
# 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("2024-02-01T14:37:10+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-02-01 14:37:10 +0000 (Thu, 01 Feb 2024)");
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:
[link moved to references]
[link moved to references]
[link 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:
[link moved to references]
[link moved to references]
[link 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);