SB2014061010 - Input validation error in GnuTLS
Published: June 10, 2014 Updated: May 27, 2022
Security Bulletin ID
SB2014061010
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-2014-3465)
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 (NULL pointer dereference) via a crafted X.509 certificate, related to a missing LDAP description for an OID when printing the DN.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://lists.gnutls.org/pipermail/gnutls-help/2014-January/003326.html
- http://lists.gnutls.org/pipermail/gnutls-help/2014-January/003327.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-06/msg00007.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-06/msg00010.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0684.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59086
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1101734
- https://www.gitorious.org/gnutls/gnutls/commit/d3648ebb04b650e6d20a2ec1fb839256b30b9fc6