Use After Free Affecting gnutls-devel package, versions <0:3.3.26-9.el7


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.23% (86th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS7-GNUTLSDEVEL-2090146
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed10 Jan 2017

Introduced: 10 Jan 2017

CVE-2017-5334  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:7 gnutls-devel to version 0:3.3.26-9.el7 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream gnutls-devel package and not the gnutls-devel package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

Double free vulnerability in the gnutls_x509_ext_import_proxy function in GnuTLS before 3.3.26 and 3.5.x before 3.5.8 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via crafted policy language information in an X.509 certificate with a Proxy Certificate Information extension.