[ALSA-2021:1206] Important: gnutls and nettle security update
Type:
security
Severity:
important
Release date:
2021-04-14
Description:
The gnutls packages provide the GNU Transport Layer Security (GnuTLS) library, which implements cryptographic algorithms and protocols such as SSL, TLS, and DTLS. Nettle is a cryptographic library that is designed to fit easily in almost any context: In crypto toolkits for object-oriented languages, such as C++, Python, or Pike, in applications like LSH or GNUPG, or even in kernel space. Security Fix(es): * nettle: Out of bounds memory access in signature verification (CVE-2021-20305) 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.
References:
Updated packages:
  • gnutls-3.6.14-8.el8_3.i686.rpm
  • gnutls-3.6.14-8.el8_3.x86_64.rpm
  • gnutls-c++-3.6.14-8.el8_3.i686.rpm
  • gnutls-c++-3.6.14-8.el8_3.x86_64.rpm
  • gnutls-dane-3.6.14-8.el8_3.i686.rpm
  • gnutls-dane-3.6.14-8.el8_3.x86_64.rpm
  • gnutls-devel-3.6.14-8.el8_3.i686.rpm
  • gnutls-devel-3.6.14-8.el8_3.x86_64.rpm
  • gnutls-utils-3.6.14-8.el8_3.x86_64.rpm
  • nettle-3.4.1-4.el8_3.i686.rpm
  • nettle-3.4.1-4.el8_3.x86_64.rpm
  • nettle-devel-3.4.1-4.el8_3.i686.rpm
  • nettle-devel-3.4.1-4.el8_3.x86_64.rpm
Notes:
This page is generated automatically from Red Hat security data and has not been checked for errors. For clarification or corrections please contact the AlmaLinux Packaging Team.