Out-of-Bounds Affecting gnutls-debuginfo package, versions <0:2.8.5-4.6.amzn1


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.35% (72nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN201803-GNUTLSDEBUGINFO-1663988
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed8 Dec 2011

Introduced: 8 Dec 2011

CVE-2011-4128  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2018.03 gnutls-debuginfo to version 0:2.8.5-4.6.amzn1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS-2012-59.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream gnutls-debuginfo package and not the gnutls-debuginfo package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2018.03 relevant fixed versions and status.

Buffer overflow in the gnutls_session_get_data function in lib/gnutls_session.c in GnuTLS 2.12.x before 2.12.14 and 3.x before 3.0.7, when used on a client that performs nonstandard session resumption, allows remote TLS servers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a large SessionTicket.

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