Synopsis:          Moderate: gnutls security, bug fix, and enhancement 
Advisory ID:       SLSA-2018:3050-1
Issue Date:        2018-10-30
CVE Numbers:       CVE-2018-10844
                   CVE-2018-10845
                   CVE-2018-10846
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Security Fix(es):

* gnutls: HMAC-SHA-256 vulnerable to Lucky thirteen attack due to not
enough dummy function calls (CVE-2018-10844)

* gnutls: HMAC-SHA-384 vulnerable to Lucky thirteen attack due to use of
wrong constant (CVE-2018-10845)

* gnutls: "Just in Time" PRIME + PROBE cache-based side channel attack can
lead to plaintext recovery (CVE-2018-10846)
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SL7
  x86_64
    gnutls-3.3.29-8.el7.i686.rpm
    gnutls-3.3.29-8.el7.x86_64.rpm
    gnutls-dane-3.3.29-8.el7.i686.rpm
    gnutls-dane-3.3.29-8.el7.x86_64.rpm
    gnutls-debuginfo-3.3.29-8.el7.i686.rpm
    gnutls-debuginfo-3.3.29-8.el7.x86_64.rpm
    gnutls-utils-3.3.29-8.el7.x86_64.rpm
    gnutls-c++-3.3.29-8.el7.i686.rpm
    gnutls-c++-3.3.29-8.el7.x86_64.rpm
    gnutls-devel-3.3.29-8.el7.i686.rpm
    gnutls-devel-3.3.29-8.el7.x86_64.rpm

- Scientific Linux Development Team

SciLinux: SLSA-2018-3050-1 Moderate: gnutls on SL7.x x86_64

gnutls: HMAC-SHA-256 vulnerable to Lucky thirteen attack due to not enough dummy function calls (CVE-2018-10844) * gnutls: HMAC-SHA-384 vulnerable to Lucky thirteen attack due to u...

Summary

Moderate: gnutls security, bug fix, and enhancement



Security Fixes

* gnutls: HMAC-SHA-256 vulnerable to Lucky thirteen attack due to not enough dummy function calls (CVE-2018-10844)
* gnutls: HMAC-SHA-384 vulnerable to Lucky thirteen attack due to use of wrong constant (CVE-2018-10845)
* gnutls: "Just in Time" PRIME + PROBE cache-based side channel attack can lead to plaintext recovery (CVE-2018-10846)
SL7 x86_64 gnutls-3.3.29-8.el7.i686.rpm gnutls-3.3.29-8.el7.x86_64.rpm gnutls-dane-3.3.29-8.el7.i686.rpm gnutls-dane-3.3.29-8.el7.x86_64.rpm gnutls-debuginfo-3.3.29-8.el7.i686.rpm gnutls-debuginfo-3.3.29-8.el7.x86_64.rpm gnutls-utils-3.3.29-8.el7.x86_64.rpm gnutls-c++-3.3.29-8.el7.i686.rpm gnutls-c++-3.3.29-8.el7.x86_64.rpm gnutls-devel-3.3.29-8.el7.i686.rpm gnutls-devel-3.3.29-8.el7.x86_64.rpm
- Scientific Linux Development Team

Severity
Advisory ID: SLSA-2018:3050-1
Issued Date: : 2018-10-30
CVE Numbers: CVE-2018-10844
CVE-2018-10845
CVE-2018-10846

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