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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="201709-04">
<title>mod_gnutls: Certificate validation error</title>
<synopsis>A vulnerability in mod_gnutls allows remote attackers to spoof
clients via crafted certificates.
</synopsis>
<product type="ebuild">mod_gnutls</product>
<announced>2017-09-17</announced>
<revised count="1">2017-09-17</revised>
<bug>541038</bug>
<access>remote</access>
<affected>
<package name="www-apache/mod_gnutls" auto="yes" arch="*">
<unaffected range="ge">0.7.3</unaffected>
<vulnerable range="lt">0.7.3</vulnerable>
</package>
</affected>
<background>
<p>mod_gnutls is an extension for Apaches httpd. It uses the
GnuTLS library to provide HTTPS. It supports some protocols and
features that mod_ssl does not.
</p>
</background>
<description>
<p>It was discovered that the authentication hook in mod_gnutls does not
validate clients certificates even when option
“GnuTLSClientVerify” is set to “require”.
</p>
</description>
<impact type="normal">
<p>A remote attacker could present a crafted certificate and spoof clients
data.
</p>
</impact>
<workaround>
<p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
</workaround>
<resolution>
<p>All mod_gnutls users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
<code>
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=www-apache/mod_gnutls-0.7.3"
</code>
</resolution>
<references>
<uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-2091">
CVE-2015-2091
</uri>
</references>
<metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2017-06-17T21:37:14Z">whissi</metadata>
<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2017-09-17T15:43:18Z">chrisadr</metadata>
</glsa>