Cryptographic issues in gnutls (Alpine package)



Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2014-0092
CWE-ID CWE-310
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 gnutls (Alpine package)
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

Vendor Alpine Linux Development Team

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) Cryptographic issues

EUVDB-ID: #VU32575

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 2.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2014-0092

CWE-ID: CWE-310 - Cryptographic Issues

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.

lib/x509/verify.c in GnuTLS before 3.1.22 and 3.2.x before 3.2.12 does not properly handle unspecified errors when verifying X.509 certificates from SSL servers, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof servers via a crafted certificate.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

gnutls (Alpine package): 3.0.29-r0

CPE2.3 External links

https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=18c70cf5207e857f2bd47b6ea814f3f080542b68
https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=a5c018ca15523d8176e1aebdcd08118f788c74fa
https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=eba0a73b3ff075cb406f2915497ef95e6d3cac7d
https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=b1c4c0fb5ec73f49534a5661a7009ea5de87c9fb


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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