National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2012-1573

Overview

gnutls_cipher.c in libgnutls in GnuTLS before 2.12.17 and 3.x before 3.0.15 does not properly handle data encrypted with a block cipher, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted record, as demonstrated by a crafted GenericBlockCipher structure.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

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External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=gnutls.git;a=commit;h=b495740f2ff66550ca9395b3fda3ea32c3acb185

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=gnutls.git;a=commit;h=b495740f2ff66550ca9395b3fda3ea32c3acb185

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=gnutls.git;a=commit;h=422214868061370aeeb0ac9cd0f021a5c350a57d

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=gnutls.git;a=commit;h=422214868061370aeeb0ac9cd0f021a5c350a57d

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=805432

Hyperlink:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=805432

External Source: UBUNTU

Name: USN-1418-1

Hyperlink:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1418-1

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1026828

Hyperlink:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026828

External Source: MLIST

Name: [oss-security] 20120321 Re: CVE request: GnuTLS TLS record handling issue / MU-201202-01

Hyperlink:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/21/5

External Source: MLIST

Name: [oss-security] 20120321 CVE request: GnuTLS TLS record handling issue / MU-201202-01

Hyperlink:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/21/4

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.gnu.org/software/gnutls/security.html

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://www.gnu.org/software/gnutls/security.html

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 48712

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/48712

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 48596

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/48596

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 48488

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/48488

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2012:0531

Hyperlink:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0531.html

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2012:0488

Hyperlink:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0488.html

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2012:0429

Hyperlink:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0429.html

External Source: OSVDB

Name: 80259

Hyperlink:http://osvdb.org/80259

External Source: MISC

Name: http://blog.mudynamics.com/2012/03/20/gnutls-and-libtasn1-vulns/

Hyperlink:http://blog.mudynamics.com/2012/03/20/gnutls-and-libtasn1-vulns/

External Source: MLIST

Name: [gnutls-devel] 20120302 gnutls 3.0.15

Hyperlink:http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.encryption.gpg.gnutls.devel/5912

External Source: MLIST

Name: [gnutls-devel] 20120302 gnutls 2.12.16

Hyperlink:http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.encryption.gpg.gnutls.devel/5910

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20120320 Mu Dynamics, Inc. Security Advisories MU-201202-01 and MU-201202-02 for GnuTLS and Libtasn1

Hyperlink:http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-03/0099.html