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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 202009-01
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Severity: Low
Title: GnuTLS: Denial of service
Date: September 06, 2020
Bugs: #740390
ID: 202009-01

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Synopsis
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A flaw was found in GnuTLS, possibly allowing a Denial of Service
condition.

Background
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GnuTLS is an Open Source implementation of the TLS and SSL protocols.

Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 net-libs/gnutls < 3.6.15 >= 3.6.15

Description
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It was found that GnuTLS didn’t handle “no_renegotiation” alert
properly.

Impact
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A remote attacker could entice a user to connect to a malicious TLS
endpoint using an application linked against GnuTLS, possibly resulting
in a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All GnuTLS users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge –sync
# emerge –ask –oneshot –verbose “>=net-libs/gnutls-3.6.15”

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2020-24659
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-24659

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

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202009-01

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
https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2020 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.

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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