Out-of-Bounds Affecting gnutls-utils package, versions <0:2.12.23-21.el6


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
6.18% (94th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE6-GNUTLSUTILS-2514783
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed24 Mar 2017

Introduced: 24 Mar 2017

CVE-2017-5337  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:6 gnutls-utils to version 0:2.12.23-21.el6 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2017-0574.

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 Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in the read_attribute function in GnuTLS before 3.3.26 and 3.5.x before 3.5.8 allow remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a crafted OpenPGP certificate.