Cryptographic Issues Affecting gnutls28 package, versions <3.3.8-3ubuntu2
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-UBUNTU1810-GNUTLS28-340664
- published 13 Nov 2014
- disclosed 13 Nov 2014
Introduced: 13 Nov 2014
CVE-2014-8564 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Ubuntu:18.10 gnutls28 to version 3.3.8-3ubuntu2 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.
The _gnutls_ecc_ansi_x963_export function in gnutls_ecc.c in GnuTLS 3.x before 3.1.28, 3.2.x before 3.2.20, and 3.3.x before 3.3.10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) via a crafted (1) Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC) certificate or (2) certificate signing requests (CSR), related to generating key IDs.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2014-8564
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-8564
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-11/msg00084.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1161443
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1846.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59991
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62284
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62294
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2403-1