Ubuntu USN-809-1 (gnutls26)

The remote host is missing an update to gnutls26 announced via advisory USN-809-1. OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: ubuntu8091.nasl 7969 2017-12-01 09:23:16Z santu $ $Id: ubuntu8091.nasl 7969 2017-12-01 09:23:16Z santu $ Description: Auto-generated from advisory USN-809-1 gnutls26 Authors: Thomas...

Ubuntu 6.06 LTS / 8.04 LTS / 8.10 / 9.04 : gnutls12, gnutls13, gnutls26 vulnerabilities (USN-809-1)

Moxie Marlinspike and Dan Kaminsky independently discovered that GnuTLS did not properly handle certificates with NULL characters in the certificate name. An attacker could exploit this to perform a man in the middle attack to view sensitive information or alter encrypted communications...