USN-6733-2: GnuTLS vulnerabilities

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USN-6733-1 fixed vulnerabilities in GnuTLS. This update provides the
corresponding updates for Ubuntu 24.04 LTS.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that GnuTLS had a timing side-channel when performing
certain ECDSA operations. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue
to recover sensitive information. (CVE-2024-28834)

It was discovered that GnuTLS incorrectly handled verifying certain PEM
bundles. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause GnuTLS to
crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu
22.04 LTS and Ubuntu 23.10. (CVE-2024-28835)

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