GLSA 200805-20: GnuTLS: Execution of arbitrary code

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Severity:	high
Title:	GnuTLS: Execution of arbitrary code
Date:	05/21/2008
Bugs:	#222823
ID:	200805-20

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities might allow for the execution of arbitrary code in daemons using GnuTLS.

Background

GnuTLS is an implementation of Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) 3.0 and Transport Layer Security (TLS) 1.0, 1.1 and 1.2.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
net-libs/gnutls	< 2.2.5	>= 2.2.5	All supported architectures

Description

Ossi Herrala and Jukka Taimisto of Codenomicon reported three vulnerabilities in libgnutls of GnuTLS:

"Client Hello" messages containing an invalid server name can lead to a buffer overflow when evaluating "Security Parameters" (CVE-2008-1948).
Multiple "Client Hello" messages can lead to a NULL pointer dereference (CVE-2008-1949).
A TLS handshake including an encrypted "Client Hello" message and an invalid record length could lead to a buffer overread (CVE-2008-1950).

Impact

Unauthenticated remote attackers could exploit these vulnerabilities to cause Denial of Service conditions in daemons using GnuTLS. The first vulnerability (CVE-2008-1948) might allow for the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the daemon handling incoming TLS connections.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All GnuTLS users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-libs/gnutls-2.2.5"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200805-20.xml

Concerns?

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