MEDIUM
gnutls: Double free and free of invalid pointer on certain errors [GNUTLS-SA-2009-1]
Published Apr 30, 2009
4.3
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 7.92%
Description
lib/pk-libgcrypt.c in libgnutls in GnuTLS before 2.6.6 does not properly handle invalid DSA signatures, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly have unspecified other impact via a malformed DSA key that triggers a (1) free of an uninitialized pointer or (2) double free.
Affected products
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect versions of gnutls shipped in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5 as it only affected gnutls 2.6.x versions.
Weaknesses (1)
References (17)
- http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.encryption.gpg.gnutls.devel/3515 mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTBroken LinkPatch
- http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.encryption.gpg.gnutls.devel/3502 mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTBroken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34842 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken LinkVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35211 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200905-04.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
- http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.encryption.gpg.gnutls.devel/3488 x_refsource_CONFIRMBroken LinkExploit
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:116 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVABroken Link
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34783 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022157 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1218 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENBroken Link
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-1415 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=498423 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50257 vdb-entryx_refsource_XFThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50260 vdb-entryx_refsource_XFNot Applicable
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50445 vdb-entryx_refsource_XFThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-1415
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-1415
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Apr 30, 2009
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Apr 24, 2009
Link CVE-2009-1415
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a