NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting gnutls package, versions <3.5.13-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Snyk's Security Team recommends NVD's CVSS assessment

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    28.45% (97th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-ALPINE316-GNUTLS-2842972
  • published 16 Jun 2017
  • disclosed 16 Jun 2017

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.16 gnutls to version 3.5.13-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream gnutls package and not the gnutls package as distributed by Alpine. See How to fix? for Alpine:3.16 relevant fixed versions and status.

GnuTLS version 3.5.12 and earlier is vulnerable to a NULL pointer dereference while decoding a status response TLS extension with valid contents. This could lead to a crash of the GnuTLS server application.