Information Exposure Affecting gnutls28 package, versions <3.5.18-1ubuntu1.6+esm1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Ubuntu security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.13% (49th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-UBUNTU1804-GNUTLS28-6069046
  • published 13 Dec 2023
  • disclosed 28 Nov 2023

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:18.04 gnutls28 to version 3.5.18-1ubuntu1.6+esm1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream gnutls28 package and not the gnutls28 package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:18.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

A vulnerability was found that the response times to malformed ciphertexts in RSA-PSK ClientKeyExchange differ from response times of ciphertexts with correct PKCS#1 v1.5 padding.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

5.9 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    High
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    High
  • Integrity (I)
    None
  • Availability (A)
    None
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Red Hat

5.9 medium
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SUSE

5.9 medium