DSA-3884-1 gnutls28 -- security update

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-3884-1 gnutls28 -- security update

Date Reported:

16 Jun 2017

Affected Packages:

gnutls28

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 864560.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2017-7507.

More information:

Hubert Kario discovered that GnuTLS, a library implementing the TLS and SSL protocols, does not properly decode a status response TLS extension, allowing a remote attacker to cause an application using the GnuTLS library to crash (denial of service).

For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 3.3.8-6+deb8u6.

For the upcoming stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 3.5.8-5+deb9u1.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 3.5.8-6.

We recommend that you upgrade your gnutls28 packages.