Solution
Please Install the Updated Packages.
Insight
Martin von Gagern found a flow in how GnuTLS versions 1.2.4 up until 2.6.1 verified certificate chains provided by a server. A malicious server could use this flaw to spoof its identity by tricking client applications that used the GnuTLS library to trust invalid certificates (CVE-2008-4989).
Update:
It was found that the previously-published patch to correct this issue caused a regression when dealing with self-signed certificates.
An updated patch that fixes the security issue and resolves the regression issue has been applied to these packages.
Affected
gnutls on Mandriva Linux 2008.0,
Mandriva Linux 2008.0/X86_64,
Mandriva Linux 2008.1,
Mandriva Linux 2008.1/X86_64,
Mandriva Linux 2009.0,
Mandriva Linux 2009.0/X86_64
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2008-4989 -
CVSS Base Score: 4.3
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
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