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NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting gnutls28 package, versions <3.5.8-6ubuntu1

Severity

 Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    28.45% (97th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-UBUNTU1810-GNUTLS28-340644
  • published 16 Jun 2017
  • disclosed 16 Jun 2017
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Introduced: 16 Jun 2017

CVE-2017-7507 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-476 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:18.10 gnutls28 to version 3.5.8-6ubuntu1 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:18.10 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.