NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting gnutls-utils package, versions <0:3.3.26-9.el7


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
22.24% (97th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS7-GNUTLSUTILS-2089900
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed7 Jun 2017

Introduced: 7 Jun 2017

CVE-2017-7507  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:7 gnutls-utils to version 0:3.3.26-9.el7 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:7 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.