Missing Initialization of a Variable Affecting gnutls package, versions <0:3.6.8-8.el8


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    1.35% (87th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS8-GNUTLS-2015557
  • published 26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed 27 Mar 2019

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:8 gnutls to version 0:3.6.8-8.el8 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 Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

It was discovered in gnutls before version 3.6.7 upstream that there is an uninitialized pointer access in gnutls versions 3.6.3 or later which can be triggered by certain post-handshake messages.