NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting gnutls-dane package, versions <0:3.1.18-9.el7_0


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
4.03% (92nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-GNUTLSDANE-5010436
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed31 Jan 2014

Introduced: 31 Jan 2014

CVE-2014-3465  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 gnutls-dane to version 0:3.1.18-9.el7_0 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2014:0684.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream gnutls-dane package and not the gnutls-dane package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

The gnutls_x509_dn_oid_name function in lib/x509/common.c in GnuTLS 3.0 before 3.1.20 and 3.2.x before 3.2.10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a crafted X.509 certificate, related to a missing LDAP description for an OID when printing the DN.

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