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VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2020-11501

GnuTLS 3.6.x before 3.6.13 uses incorrect cryptography for DTLS.

HIGH 7.4EPSS 3.39%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.39%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

GnuTLS 3.6.x before 3.6.13 uses incorrect cryptography for DTLS. The earliest affected version is 3.6.3 (2018-07-16) because of an error in a 2017-10-06 commit. The DTLS client always uses 32 '\0' bytes instead of a random value, and thus contributes no randomness to a DTLS negotiation. This breaks the security guarantees of the DTLS protocol.

CVSS 3.1
7.4 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
EPSS
3.39% probability · 88th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-330
Affected
gnu/gnutls · canonical/ubuntu linux · debian/debian linux · opensuse/leap · fedoraproject/fedora
Source
cve@mitre.org

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.