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


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
3.41% (89th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE7-GNUTLS-2516275
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed16 Jun 2017

Introduced: 16 Jun 2017

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

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:7 gnutls to version 0:3.3.26-9.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2017-2292.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream gnutls package and not the gnutls package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle: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.