Vulnerability in GNU Gnutls
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.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.190 (97.2th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 97th percentile — 97.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.190 · newest: 0.190 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- GNU Gnutls — versions 3.3.0, 3.3.1, 3.3.2
- Debian Linux — versions 8.0
References
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-09/msg00001.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1033226 (vdb-entry)
- www.gnutls.org/security.html (Vendor Advisory)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/10/1 (mailing-list)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/76267 (vdb-entry)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/165286.html (vendor-advisory)
- gitlab.com/gnutls/gnutls/commit/272854367efc130fbd4f1a51840d80c630214e12
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/17/6 (mailing-list)
- www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3334 (vendor-advisory)