Uncaught Exception Affecting gnutls package, versions <3.8.5-r0


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on default assessment until relevant scores are available.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.39% (31st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE323-GNUTLS-14177680
  • published4 Dec 2025
  • disclosed21 Mar 2024

Introduced: 21 Mar 2024

CVE-2024-28835  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-248  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.23 gnutls to version 3.8.5-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:3.23 relevant fixed versions and status.

A flaw has been discovered in GnuTLS where an application crash can be induced when attempting to verify a specially crafted .pem bundle using the "certtool --verify-chain" command.

CVSS Base Scores

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