Moderate: gnutls security update

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2023-5981  

Synopsis

Moderate: gnutls security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Moderate

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Topic

An update for gnutls is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Extended Update Support.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Description

The gnutls packages provide the GNU Transport Layer Security (GnuTLS) library, which implements cryptographic algorithms and protocols such as SSL, TLS, and DTLS.

Security Fix(es):

  • gnutls: timing side-channel in the RSA-PSK authentication (CVE-2023-5981)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Fixes

  • BZ - 2248445 - CVE-2023-5981 gnutls: timing side-channel in the RSA-PSK authentication