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FreeBSD Ports: 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 the system as announced in the referenced advisory.
Insight
Insight
The following package is affected: gnutls CVE-2008-2377 Use after free vulnerability in the _gnutls_handshake_hash_buffers_clear function in lib/gnutls_handshake.c in libgnutls in GnuTLS 2.3.5 through 2.4.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via TLS transmission of data that is improperly used when the peer calls gnutls_handshake within a normal session, leading to attempted access to a deallocated libgcrypt handle.
Solution
Solution
Update your system with the appropriate patches or software upgrades. http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.encryption.gpg.gnutls.devel/2947 http://secunia.com/advisories/31505/ http://www.vuxml.org/freebsd/d864a0a7-6f27-11dd-acfe-00104b9e1a4a.html