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Red Hat Security Advisory 2014-0246-01

Red Hat Security Advisory 2014-0246-01
Posted Mar 3, 2014
Authored by Red Hat | Site access.redhat.com

Red Hat Security Advisory 2014-0246-01 - The GnuTLS library provides support for cryptographic algorithms and for protocols such as Transport Layer Security. It was discovered that GnuTLS did not correctly handle certain errors that could occur during the verification of an X.509 certificate, causing it to incorrectly report a successful verification. An attacker could use this flaw to create a specially crafted certificate that could be accepted by GnuTLS as valid for a site chosen by the attacker. The CVE-2014-0092 issue was discovered by Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos of the Red Hat Security Technologies Team.

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Red Hat Security Advisory 2014-0246-01

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Red Hat Security Advisory

Synopsis: Important: gnutls security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2014:0246-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0246.html
Issue date: 2014-03-03
CVE Names: CVE-2014-0092
=====================================================================

1. Summary:

Updated gnutls packages that fix one security issue are now available for
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having
Important security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS)
base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the
CVE link in the References section.

2. Relevant releases/architectures:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) - i386, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) - i386, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) - i386, ppc64, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) - i386, ppc64, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) - i386, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

3. Description:

The GnuTLS library provides support for cryptographic algorithms and for
protocols such as Transport Layer Security (TLS).

It was discovered that GnuTLS did not correctly handle certain errors that
could occur during the verification of an X.509 certificate, causing it to
incorrectly report a successful verification. An attacker could use this
flaw to create a specially crafted certificate that could be accepted by
GnuTLS as valid for a site chosen by the attacker. (CVE-2014-0092)

The CVE-2014-0092 issue was discovered by Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos of the
Red Hat Security Technologies Team.

Users of GnuTLS are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which
correct this issue. For the update to take effect, all applications linked
to the GnuTLS library must be restarted.

4. Solution:

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the
Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
https://access.redhat.com/site/articles/11258

5. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):

1069865 - CVE-2014-0092 gnutls: incorrect error handling in certificate verification (GNUTLS-SA-2014-2)

6. Package List:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6):

Source:
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/6Client/en/os/SRPMS/gnutls-2.8.5-13.el6_5.src.rpm

i386:
gnutls-2.8.5-13.el6_5.i686.rpm
gnutls-debuginfo-2.8.5-13.el6_5.i686.rpm
gnutls-utils-2.8.5-13.el6_5.i686.rpm

x86_64:
gnutls-2.8.5-13.el6_5.i686.rpm
gnutls-2.8.5-13.el6_5.x86_64.rpm
gnutls-debuginfo-2.8.5-13.el6_5.i686.rpm
gnutls-debuginfo-2.8.5-13.el6_5.x86_64.rpm
gnutls-utils-2.8.5-13.el6_5.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6):

Source:
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/6Client/en/os/SRPMS/gnutls-2.8.5-13.el6_5.src.rpm

i386:
gnutls-debuginfo-2.8.5-13.el6_5.i686.rpm
gnutls-devel-2.8.5-13.el6_5.i686.rpm
gnutls-guile-2.8.5-13.el6_5.i686.rpm

x86_64:
gnutls-debuginfo-2.8.5-13.el6_5.i686.rpm
gnutls-debuginfo-2.8.5-13.el6_5.x86_64.rpm
gnutls-devel-2.8.5-13.el6_5.i686.rpm
gnutls-devel-2.8.5-13.el6_5.x86_64.rpm
gnutls-guile-2.8.5-13.el6_5.i686.rpm
gnutls-guile-2.8.5-13.el6_5.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6):

Source:
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/6ComputeNode/en/os/SRPMS/gnutls-2.8.5-13.el6_5.src.rpm

x86_64:
gnutls-2.8.5-13.el6_5.i686.rpm
gnutls-2.8.5-13.el6_5.x86_64.rpm
gnutls-debuginfo-2.8.5-13.el6_5.i686.rpm
gnutls-debuginfo-2.8.5-13.el6_5.x86_64.rpm
gnutls-utils-2.8.5-13.el6_5.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6):

Source:
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/6ComputeNode/en/os/SRPMS/gnutls-2.8.5-13.el6_5.src.rpm

x86_64:
gnutls-debuginfo-2.8.5-13.el6_5.i686.rpm
gnutls-debuginfo-2.8.5-13.el6_5.x86_64.rpm
gnutls-devel-2.8.5-13.el6_5.i686.rpm
gnutls-devel-2.8.5-13.el6_5.x86_64.rpm
gnutls-guile-2.8.5-13.el6_5.i686.rpm
gnutls-guile-2.8.5-13.el6_5.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6):

Source:
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/6Server/en/os/SRPMS/gnutls-2.8.5-13.el6_5.src.rpm

i386:
gnutls-2.8.5-13.el6_5.i686.rpm
gnutls-debuginfo-2.8.5-13.el6_5.i686.rpm
gnutls-devel-2.8.5-13.el6_5.i686.rpm
gnutls-utils-2.8.5-13.el6_5.i686.rpm

ppc64:
gnutls-2.8.5-13.el6_5.ppc.rpm
gnutls-2.8.5-13.el6_5.ppc64.rpm
gnutls-debuginfo-2.8.5-13.el6_5.ppc.rpm
gnutls-debuginfo-2.8.5-13.el6_5.ppc64.rpm
gnutls-devel-2.8.5-13.el6_5.ppc.rpm
gnutls-devel-2.8.5-13.el6_5.ppc64.rpm
gnutls-utils-2.8.5-13.el6_5.ppc64.rpm

s390x:
gnutls-2.8.5-13.el6_5.s390.rpm
gnutls-2.8.5-13.el6_5.s390x.rpm
gnutls-debuginfo-2.8.5-13.el6_5.s390.rpm
gnutls-debuginfo-2.8.5-13.el6_5.s390x.rpm
gnutls-devel-2.8.5-13.el6_5.s390.rpm
gnutls-devel-2.8.5-13.el6_5.s390x.rpm
gnutls-utils-2.8.5-13.el6_5.s390x.rpm

x86_64:
gnutls-2.8.5-13.el6_5.i686.rpm
gnutls-2.8.5-13.el6_5.x86_64.rpm
gnutls-debuginfo-2.8.5-13.el6_5.i686.rpm
gnutls-debuginfo-2.8.5-13.el6_5.x86_64.rpm
gnutls-devel-2.8.5-13.el6_5.i686.rpm
gnutls-devel-2.8.5-13.el6_5.x86_64.rpm
gnutls-utils-2.8.5-13.el6_5.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6):

Source:
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/6Server/en/os/SRPMS/gnutls-2.8.5-13.el6_5.src.rpm

i386:
gnutls-debuginfo-2.8.5-13.el6_5.i686.rpm
gnutls-guile-2.8.5-13.el6_5.i686.rpm

ppc64:
gnutls-debuginfo-2.8.5-13.el6_5.ppc.rpm
gnutls-debuginfo-2.8.5-13.el6_5.ppc64.rpm
gnutls-guile-2.8.5-13.el6_5.ppc.rpm
gnutls-guile-2.8.5-13.el6_5.ppc64.rpm

s390x:
gnutls-debuginfo-2.8.5-13.el6_5.s390.rpm
gnutls-debuginfo-2.8.5-13.el6_5.s390x.rpm
gnutls-guile-2.8.5-13.el6_5.s390.rpm
gnutls-guile-2.8.5-13.el6_5.s390x.rpm

x86_64:
gnutls-debuginfo-2.8.5-13.el6_5.i686.rpm
gnutls-debuginfo-2.8.5-13.el6_5.x86_64.rpm
gnutls-guile-2.8.5-13.el6_5.i686.rpm
gnutls-guile-2.8.5-13.el6_5.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6):

Source:
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/6Workstation/en/os/SRPMS/gnutls-2.8.5-13.el6_5.src.rpm

i386:
gnutls-2.8.5-13.el6_5.i686.rpm
gnutls-debuginfo-2.8.5-13.el6_5.i686.rpm
gnutls-devel-2.8.5-13.el6_5.i686.rpm
gnutls-utils-2.8.5-13.el6_5.i686.rpm

x86_64:
gnutls-2.8.5-13.el6_5.i686.rpm
gnutls-2.8.5-13.el6_5.x86_64.rpm
gnutls-debuginfo-2.8.5-13.el6_5.i686.rpm
gnutls-debuginfo-2.8.5-13.el6_5.x86_64.rpm
gnutls-devel-2.8.5-13.el6_5.i686.rpm
gnutls-devel-2.8.5-13.el6_5.x86_64.rpm
gnutls-utils-2.8.5-13.el6_5.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6):

Source:
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/6Workstation/en/os/SRPMS/gnutls-2.8.5-13.el6_5.src.rpm

i386:
gnutls-debuginfo-2.8.5-13.el6_5.i686.rpm
gnutls-guile-2.8.5-13.el6_5.i686.rpm

x86_64:
gnutls-debuginfo-2.8.5-13.el6_5.i686.rpm
gnutls-debuginfo-2.8.5-13.el6_5.x86_64.rpm
gnutls-guile-2.8.5-13.el6_5.i686.rpm
gnutls-guile-2.8.5-13.el6_5.x86_64.rpm

These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and
details on how to verify the signature are available from
https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/#package

7. References:

https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2014-0092.html
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

8. Contact:

The Red Hat security contact is <secalert@redhat.com>. More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/

Copyright 2014 Red Hat, Inc.
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