Debian Security Advisory
DSA-1719-1 gnutls13 -- design flaw
- Date Reported:
- 10 Feb 2009
- Affected Packages:
- gnutls13
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 505360.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2008-4989. - More information:
-
Martin von Gagern discovered that GNUTLS, an implementation of the TLS/SSL protocol, handles verification of X.509 certificate chains incorrectly if a self-signed certificate is configured as a trusted certificate. This could cause clients to accept forged server certificates as genuine. (CVE-2008-4989)
In addition, this update tightens the checks for X.509v1 certificates which causes GNUTLS to reject certain certificate chains it accepted before. (In certificate chain processing, GNUTLS does not recognize X.509v1 certificates as valid unless explicitly requested by the application.)
For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 1.4.4-3+etch3.
For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 2.4.2-3 of the gnutls26 package.
We recommend that you upgrade your gnutls13 packages.
- Fixed in:
-
Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 (etch)
- Source:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnutls13/gnutls13_1.4.4-3+etch2.dsc
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnutls13/gnutls13_1.4.4-3+etch3.diff.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnutls13/gnutls13_1.4.4.orig.tar.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnutls13/gnutls13_1.4.4-3+etch2.diff.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnutls13/gnutls13_1.4.4-3+etch3.dsc
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnutls13/gnutls13_1.4.4-3+etch3.diff.gz
- Architecture-independent component:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnutls13/gnutls-doc_1.4.4-3+etch2_all.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnutls13/gnutls-doc_1.4.4-3+etch3_all.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnutls13/gnutls-doc_1.4.4-3+etch3_all.deb
- Alpha:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnutls13/libgnutls13_1.4.4-3+etch3_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnutls13/libgnutls13-dbg_1.4.4-3+etch2_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnutls13/libgnutls-dev_1.4.4-3+etch2_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnutls13/libgnutls-dev_1.4.4-3+etch3_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnutls13/libgnutls13_1.4.4-3+etch2_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnutls13/libgnutls13-dbg_1.4.4-3+etch3_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnutls13/gnutls-bin_1.4.4-3+etch2_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnutls13/gnutls-bin_1.4.4-3+etch3_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnutls13/libgnutls13-dbg_1.4.4-3+etch2_alpha.deb
- AMD64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnutls13/libgnutls13_1.4.4-3+etch3_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnutls13/libgnutls13-dbg_1.4.4-3+etch2_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnutls13/gnutls-bin_1.4.4-3+etch2_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnutls13/libgnutls13_1.4.4-3+etch2_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnutls13/libgnutls-dev_1.4.4-3+etch3_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnutls13/gnutls-bin_1.4.4-3+etch3_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnutls13/libgnutls-dev_1.4.4-3+etch2_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnutls13/libgnutls13-dbg_1.4.4-3+etch3_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnutls13/libgnutls13-dbg_1.4.4-3+etch2_amd64.deb
- ARM:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnutls13/libgnutls-dev_1.4.4-3+etch3_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnutls13/gnutls-bin_1.4.4-3+etch2_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnutls13/libgnutls13_1.4.4-3+etch3_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnutls13/libgnutls13_1.4.4-3+etch2_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnutls13/libgnutls13-dbg_1.4.4-3+etch2_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnutls13/libgnutls-dev_1.4.4-3+etch2_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnutls13/libgnutls13-dbg_1.4.4-3+etch3_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnutls13/gnutls-bin_1.4.4-3+etch3_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnutls13/gnutls-bin_1.4.4-3+etch2_arm.deb
- HP Precision:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnutls13/libgnutls-dev_1.4.4-3+etch2_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnutls13/libgnutls13-dbg_1.4.4-3+etch3_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnutls13/libgnutls13_1.4.4-3+etch2_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnutls13/libgnutls-dev_1.4.4-3+etch3_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnutls13/gnutls-bin_1.4.4-3+etch2_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnutls13/libgnutls13_1.4.4-3+etch3_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnutls13/libgnutls13-dbg_1.4.4-3+etch2_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnutls13/gnutls-bin_1.4.4-3+etch3_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnutls13/libgnutls13-dbg_1.4.4-3+etch3_hppa.deb
- Intel IA-32:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnutls13/libgnutls13-dbg_1.4.4-3+etch3_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnutls13/libgnutls13_1.4.4-3+etch3_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnutls13/gnutls-bin_1.4.4-3+etch2_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnutls13/libgnutls-dev_1.4.4-3+etch3_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnutls13/libgnutls-dev_1.4.4-3+etch2_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnutls13/libgnutls13_1.4.4-3+etch2_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnutls13/libgnutls13-dbg_1.4.4-3+etch2_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnutls13/gnutls-bin_1.4.4-3+etch3_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnutls13/libgnutls13_1.4.4-3+etch3_i386.deb
- Intel IA-64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnutls13/gnutls-bin_1.4.4-3+etch3_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnutls13/libgnutls-dev_1.4.4-3+etch2_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnutls13/libgnutls13-dbg_1.4.4-3+etch3_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnutls13/gnutls-bin_1.4.4-3+etch2_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnutls13/libgnutls13_1.4.4-3+etch3_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnutls13/libgnutls13-dbg_1.4.4-3+etch2_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnutls13/libgnutls-dev_1.4.4-3+etch3_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnutls13/libgnutls13_1.4.4-3+etch2_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnutls13/libgnutls-dev_1.4.4-3+etch2_ia64.deb
- Big-endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnutls13/libgnutls13_1.4.4-3+etch3_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnutls13/libgnutls-dev_1.4.4-3+etch2_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnutls13/gnutls-bin_1.4.4-3+etch2_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnutls13/libgnutls13_1.4.4-3+etch2_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnutls13/gnutls-bin_1.4.4-3+etch3_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnutls13/libgnutls13-dbg_1.4.4-3+etch2_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnutls13/libgnutls-dev_1.4.4-3+etch3_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnutls13/libgnutls13-dbg_1.4.4-3+etch3_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnutls13/libgnutls-dev_1.4.4-3+etch2_mips.deb
- Little-endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnutls13/libgnutls13_1.4.4-3+etch3_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnutls13/libgnutls13-dbg_1.4.4-3+etch3_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnutls13/libgnutls13-dbg_1.4.4-3+etch2_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnutls13/gnutls-bin_1.4.4-3+etch3_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnutls13/gnutls-bin_1.4.4-3+etch2_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnutls13/libgnutls13_1.4.4-3+etch2_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnutls13/libgnutls-dev_1.4.4-3+etch2_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnutls13/libgnutls-dev_1.4.4-3+etch3_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnutls13/libgnutls13-dbg_1.4.4-3+etch3_mipsel.deb
- PowerPC:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnutls13/gnutls-bin_1.4.4-3+etch2_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnutls13/gnutls-bin_1.4.4-3+etch3_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnutls13/libgnutls-dev_1.4.4-3+etch2_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnutls13/libgnutls13-dbg_1.4.4-3+etch2_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnutls13/libgnutls13_1.4.4-3+etch3_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnutls13/libgnutls13-dbg_1.4.4-3+etch3_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnutls13/libgnutls13_1.4.4-3+etch2_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnutls13/libgnutls-dev_1.4.4-3+etch3_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnutls13/gnutls-bin_1.4.4-3+etch3_powerpc.deb
- IBM S/390:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnutls13/libgnutls13_1.4.4-3+etch3_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnutls13/gnutls-bin_1.4.4-3+etch3_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnutls13/libgnutls13-dbg_1.4.4-3+etch2_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnutls13/libgnutls-dev_1.4.4-3+etch2_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnutls13/libgnutls13-dbg_1.4.4-3+etch3_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnutls13/libgnutls-dev_1.4.4-3+etch3_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnutls13/libgnutls13_1.4.4-3+etch2_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnutls13/gnutls-bin_1.4.4-3+etch2_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnutls13/gnutls-bin_1.4.4-3+etch3_s390.deb
- Sun Sparc:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnutls13/libgnutls-dev_1.4.4-3+etch3_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnutls13/gnutls-bin_1.4.4-3+etch2_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnutls13/libgnutls13_1.4.4-3+etch2_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnutls13/gnutls-bin_1.4.4-3+etch3_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnutls13/libgnutls-dev_1.4.4-3+etch2_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnutls13/libgnutls13-dbg_1.4.4-3+etch2_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnutls13/libgnutls13_1.4.4-3+etch3_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnutls13/libgnutls13-dbg_1.4.4-3+etch3_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gnutls13/gnutls-bin_1.4.4-3+etch2_sparc.deb
MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.