Fedora Core 11 FEDORA-2009-8565 (gnutls)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
The remote host is missing an update to gnutls announced via advisory FEDORA-2009-8565.
Insight
Insight
Update Information: This update fixes handling of NUL characters in certificate Common Name or subjectAltName fields especially in regards to comparsion to hostnames. ChangeLog: * Wed Sep 23 2009 Tomas Mraz 2.6.6-3 - fix handling of hostname in openpgp certificates * Fri Aug 14 2009 Tomas Mraz 2.6.6-2 - fix CVE-2009-2730 - handling of NUL chars in certificate CNs and SANs
Solution
Solution
Apply the appropriate updates. This update can be installed with the yum update program. Use su -c 'yum update gnutls' at the command line. For more information, refer to Managing Software with yum, available at http://docs.fedoraproject.org/yum/. https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=FEDORA-2009-8565
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