Double Free Affecting gnutls28 package, versions <3.6.7-2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.2% (86th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN10-GNUTLS28-341667
  • published27 Mar 2019
  • disclosed27 Mar 2019

Introduced: 27 Mar 2019

CVE-2019-3829  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-415  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:10 gnutls28 to version 3.6.7-2 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.

A vulnerability was found in gnutls versions from 3.5.8 before 3.6.7. A memory corruption (double free) vulnerability in the certificate verification API. Any client or server application that verifies X.509 certificates with GnuTLS 3.5.8 or later is affected.