Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm Affecting gnutls28 package, versions <3.6.9-5ubuntu1.1


medium

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity High
    Confidentiality High
    Integrity High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.5% (76th percentile)
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NVD
7.4 high
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SUSE
7.4 high
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Red Hat
7.4 high

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-UBUNTU1910-GNUTLS28-579248
  • published 3 Apr 2020
  • disclosed 3 Apr 2020

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:19.10 gnutls28 to version 3.6.9-5ubuntu1.1 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:19.10 relevant fixed versions and status.

GnuTLS 3.6.x before 3.6.13 uses incorrect cryptography for DTLS. The earliest affected version is 3.6.3 (2018-07-16) because of an error in a 2017-10-06 commit. The DTLS client always uses 32 '\0' bytes instead of a random value, and thus contributes no randomness to a DTLS negotiation. This breaks the security guarantees of the DTLS protocol.