NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting gnutls28 package, versions <3.5.6-4ubuntu4.1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
3.41% (89th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1704-GNUTLS28-340641
  • published16 Jun 2017
  • disclosed16 Jun 2017

Introduced: 16 Jun 2017

CVE-2017-7507  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:17.04 gnutls28 to version 3.5.6-4ubuntu4.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream gnutls28 package and not the gnutls28 package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:17.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

GnuTLS version 3.5.12 and earlier is vulnerable to a NULL pointer dereference while decoding a status response TLS extension with valid contents. This could lead to a crash of the GnuTLS server application.