Uncaught Exception Affecting gnutls package, versions <0:3.7.6-21.el9_2.3


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.04% (14th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL9-GNUTLS-6861645
  • published 17 May 2024
  • disclosed 21 Mar 2024

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:9 gnutls to version 0:3.7.6-21.el9_2.3 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2024:2889.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream gnutls package and not the gnutls package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

A flaw has been discovered in GnuTLS where an application crash can be induced when attempting to verify a specially crafted .pem bundle using the "certtool --verify-chain" command.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Red Hat

5 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Local
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    Low
  • User Interaction (UI)
    Required
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    None
  • Integrity (I)
    None
  • Availability (A)
    High
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SUSE

5 medium