SB2013070303 - Input validation error in GnuTLS
Published: July 3, 2013 Updated: August 3, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2013070303
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2013-2116)
The vulnerability allows remote attackers to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can cause a denial of service (buffer over-read and crash) via a crafted padding length.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-06/msg00019.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00001.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00003.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0883.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/53911
- http://secunia.com/advisories/57260
- http://secunia.com/advisories/57274
- http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.encryption.gpg.gnutls.devel/6753
- http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.encryption.gpg.gnutls.devel/6754
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2697
- http://www.gnutls.org/security.html#GNUTLS-SA-2013-2
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:171
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1028603
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1843-1
- https://gitorious.org/gnutls/gnutls/commit/5164d5a1d57cd0372a5dd074382ca960ca18b27d