SUSE-SU-2012:0120-1: moderate: Security update for GnuTLS

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   SUSE Security Update: Security update for GnuTLS
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-SU-2012:0120-1
Rating:             moderate
References:         #659907 #729486 
Cross-References:   CVE-2011-4128
Affected Products:
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP1
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 11 SP1
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1
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   An update that solves one vulnerability and has one errata
   is now available.

Description:


   This update for GnuTLS provides the following fixes:

   * Fix typo in patch for gnutls-cli that can cause a
   crash (bnc#659907)
   * Fix Buffer overflow in the gnutls_session_get_data
   function in lib/gnutls_session.c , when used on a client
   that performs nonstandard session resumption, allows remote
   TLS servers to cause a denial of service (application
   crash) via a large SessionTicket (CVE-2011-4128)

   Security Issue references:

   * CVE-2011-4128
   <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-4128
   >


Patch Instructions:

   To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
   Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP1:

      zypper in -t patch sdksp1-gnutls-5684

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware:

      zypper in -t patch slessp1-gnutls-5684

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1:

      zypper in -t patch slessp1-gnutls-5684

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 11 SP1:

      zypper in -t patch sleshasp1-gnutls-5684

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1:

      zypper in -t patch sledsp1-gnutls-5684

   To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".


Package List:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP1 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):

      libgnutls-devel-2.4.1-24.39.33.1
      libgnutls-extra-devel-2.4.1-24.39.33.1
      libgnutls-extra26-2.4.1-24.39.33.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware (i586 x86_64):

      gnutls-2.4.1-24.39.33.1
      libgnutls26-2.4.1-24.39.33.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware (x86_64):

      libgnutls26-32bit-2.4.1-24.39.33.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):

      gnutls-2.4.1-24.39.33.1
      libgnutls26-2.4.1-24.39.33.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 (ppc64 s390x x86_64):

      libgnutls26-32bit-2.4.1-24.39.33.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 (ia64):

      libgnutls26-x86-2.4.1-24.39.33.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 11 SP1 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):

      libgnutls-extra26-2.4.1-24.39.33.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1 (i586 x86_64):

      gnutls-2.4.1-24.39.33.1
      libgnutls26-2.4.1-24.39.33.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1 (x86_64):

      libgnutls26-32bit-2.4.1-24.39.33.1


References:

   http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-4128.html
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/659907
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/729486
   http://download.novell.com/patch/finder/?keywords=cb9c8f7d7a81778ccc26aaf5ae61ff63



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