Double Free Affecting gnutls package, versions <0:3.3.26-9.el7


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.23% (86th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE7-GNUTLS-2516355
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed24 Mar 2017

Introduced: 24 Mar 2017

CVE-2017-5334  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-415  (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.

Double free vulnerability in the gnutls_x509_ext_import_proxy function in GnuTLS before 3.3.26 and 3.5.x before 3.5.8 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via crafted policy language information in an X.509 certificate with a Proxy Certificate Information extension.