CVE-2015-6251 Affecting gnutls28 package, versions <3.3.15-5ubuntu2
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18.69% (97th
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-UBUNTU1810-GNUTLS28-340677
- published 24 Aug 2015
- disclosed 24 Aug 2015
Introduced: 24 Aug 2015
CVE-2015-6251 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Ubuntu:18.10 gnutls28 to version 3.3.15-5ubuntu2 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.
Double free vulnerability in GnuTLS before 3.3.17 and 3.4.x before 3.4.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a long DistinguishedName (DN) entry in a certificate.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2015-6251
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3334
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-6251
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/165286.html
- https://gitlab.com/gnutls/gnutls/commit/272854367efc130fbd4f1a51840d80c630214e12
- http://www.gnutls.org/security.html#GNUTLS-SA-2015-3
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-09/msg00001.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/10/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/17/6
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1251902
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76267
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033226
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