VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2015-6251
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.
MEDIUM 5.0EPSS 19.0%
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 19.0%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 19.03% probability · 97th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- gnu/gnutls · debian/debian linux
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/165286.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-09/msg00001.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3334
- http://www.gnutls.org/security.html#GNUTLS-SA-2015-3Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/10/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/17/6
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76267
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033226
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1251902
- https://gitlab.com/gnutls/gnutls/commit/272854367efc130fbd4f1a51840d80c630214e12
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/165286.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-09/msg00001.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3334
- http://www.gnutls.org/security.html#GNUTLS-SA-2015-3Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/10/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/17/6
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76267
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033226
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1251902
- https://gitlab.com/gnutls/gnutls/commit/272854367efc130fbd4f1a51840d80c630214e12
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.