Heap-based Buffer Overflow Affecting gnutls-utils package, versions <0:2.12.23-21.el6


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.9% (84th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS6-GNUTLSUTILS-2140405
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed10 Jan 2017

Introduced: 10 Jan 2017

CVE-2017-5337  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-122  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:6 gnutls-utils to version 0:2.12.23-21.el6 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream gnutls-utils package and not the gnutls-utils package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in the read_attribute function in GnuTLS before 3.3.26 and 3.5.x before 3.5.8 allow remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a crafted OpenPGP certificate.