Double Free Affecting gnutls-utils-debuginfo package, versions <0:3.6.16-5.el8_6


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Rocky Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Not Defined
EPSS
0.35% (72nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ROCKY8-GNUTLSUTILSDEBUGINFO-3189884
  • published5 Jan 2023
  • disclosed1 Aug 2022

Introduced: 1 Aug 2022

CVE-2022-2509  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-415  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Rocky-Linux:8 gnutls-utils-debuginfo to version 0:3.6.16-5.el8_6 or higher.
This issue was patched in RLSA-2022:7105.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream gnutls-utils-debuginfo package and not the gnutls-utils-debuginfo package as distributed by Rocky-Linux. See How to fix? for Rocky-Linux:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

A vulnerability found in gnutls. This security flaw happens because of a double free error occurs during verification of pkcs7 signatures in gnutls_pkcs7_verify function.

CVSS Scores

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