Security bugs are reported here via bugzilla

[Thomas Houssin <thomas.houssin AT gmail.com>]

gnutls was updated to 1.0.25 and 1.2.3 in all grimoires.

>From Gentoo Linux Security Advisory (GLSA 200505-04), all details on
http://www.gnu.org/software/gnutls/security.html (GNUTLS-SA-2005-1) :

Synopsis
========

The GnuTLS library is vulnerable to Denial of Service attacks.

Background
==========

GnuTLS is a free TLS 1.0 and SSL 3.0 implementation for the GNU
project.

Affected packages
=================

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     Package          /  Vulnerable  /                      Unaffected
    -------------------------------------------------------------------
  1  net-libs/gnutls       < 1.2.3                            >= 1.2.3
                                                            *>= 1.0.25

Description
===========

A vulnerability has been discovered in the record packet parsing in the
GnuTLS library. Additionally, a flaw was also found in the RSA key
export functionality.

Impact
======

A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability and cause a Denial
of Service to any application that utilizes the GnuTLS library.

Workaround
==========

There is no known workaround at this time.

-- 
Thomas Houssin

Security Team Lead : Source Mage GNU/Linux http://www.sourcemage.org
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