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USN-2820-1 GnuTLS vulnerability

USN-2820-1 GnuTLS vulnerability

Severity

High

Vendor

GnuTLS

Versions Affected

  • Ubuntu 14.04

Description

It was discovered that GnuTLS incorrectly validated the first byte of padding in CBC modes. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to perform a padding oracle attack.

The Cloud Foundry project released a BOSH stemcell version 3146 that has the patched version of the Linux kernel. A new Cloud Foundry rootfs was also released, cflinuxfs2 v.1.20.0, that has the patches.

Affected Products and Versions

Severity is high unless otherwise noted.

  • All versions of Cloud Foundry BOSH stemcells prior to 3146 are vulnerable.
  • All versions of Cloud Foundry cflinuxfs2 prior to v.1.20.0.

Mitigation

Users of affected versions should apply the following mitigation:

  • The Cloud Foundry project recommends that Cloud Foundry deployments run with BOSH stemcells 3146 or later versions and cflinuxfs2 v.1.20.0 or later versions.

Credit

N/A

References

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Cloud Foundry Foundation Security Team, AUTHOR

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