Auth bypass in GNU Gnutls

CVE-2008-1949

The _gnutls_recv_client_kx_message function in lib/gnutls_kx.c in libgnutls in gnutls-serv in GnuTLS before 2.2.4 continues to process Client Hello messages within a TLS message after one has already been processed, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL dereference and crash) via a TLS message containing multiple Client Hello messages, aka GNUTLS-SA-2008-1-2.

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

EPSS: 0.058 (92.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

  • Gnu Gnutls — versions 1.0.18, 1.0.19, 1.0.20
  • N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

References