Improper Input Validation Affecting gnutls28 package, versions <3.4.13-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.17% (56th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN10-GNUTLS28-340775
  • published8 Aug 2017
  • disclosed8 Aug 2017

Introduced: 8 Aug 2017

CVE-2016-4456  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:10 gnutls28 to version 3.4.13-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream gnutls28 package and not the gnutls28 package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

The "GNUTLS_KEYLOGFILE" environment variable in gnutls 3.4.12 allows remote attackers to overwrite and corrupt arbitrary files in the filesystem.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1