Heap-based Buffer Overflow Affecting gnutls-guile package, versions <0:2.12.23-21.el6
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- published26 Jul 2021
- disclosed10 Jan 2017
Introduced: 10 Jan 2017
CVE-2017-5337 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade RHEL:6 gnutls-guile to version 0:2.12.23-21.el6 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2017:0574.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream gnutls-guile package and not the gnutls-guile package as distributed by RHEL.
See How to fix? for RHEL: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.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95372
- https://gitlab.com/gnutls/gnutls/commit/94fcf1645ea17223237aaf8d19132e004afddc1a
- https://gnutls.org/security.html#GNUTLS-SA-2017-2
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5337
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-04
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=338
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=346
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/10/7
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/11/4
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0574.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0574
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037576
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2017-02/msg00005.html