A GnuTLS security update is available for Gentoo Linux

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200505-04
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http://security.gentoo.org/
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Severity: Normal
Title: GnuTLS: Denial of Service vulnerability
Date: May 09, 2005
Bugs: #90726
ID: 200505-04

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Synopsis
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The GnuTLS library is vulnerable to Denial of Service attacks.



Background
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GnuTLS is a free TLS 1.0 and SSL 3.0 implementation for the GNU project.

Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 net-libs/gnutls < 1.2.3 >= 1.2.3
*>= 1.0.25

Description
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A vulnerability has been discovered in the record packet parsing in the GnuTLS library. Additionally, a flaw was also found in the RSA key export functionality.

Impact
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A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability and cause a Denial of Service to any application that utilizes the GnuTLS library.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All GnuTLS users should remove the existing installation and upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --unmerge gnutls
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose net-libs/gnutls

Due to small API changes with the previous version, please do the following to ensure your applications are using the latest GnuTLS that you just emerged.

# revdep-rebuild --soname-regexp libgnutls.so.1[0-1]

Previously exported RSA keys can be fixed by executing the following command on the key files:

# certtool -k infile outfile

References
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[ 1 ] GnuTLS Announcement
http://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnutls-dev/2005-April/000858.html
[ 2 ] CAN-2005-1431
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-1431

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200505-04.xml

Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at http://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2005 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0