Double Free Affecting gnutls package, versions <0:3.6.16-5.el8_6


Severity

medium

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.18% (56th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-ORACLE8-GNUTLS-3064213
  • published 13 Oct 2022
  • disclosed 1 Aug 2022

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:8 gnutls to version 0:3.6.16-5.el8_6 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2022-7105.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream gnutls package and not the gnutls package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

A vulnerability found in gnutls. This security flaw happens because of a double free error occurs during verification of pkcs7 signatures in gnutls_pkcs7_verify function.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Snyk

7.5 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    None
  • Integrity (I)
    None
  • Availability (A)
    High
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NVD

7.5 high
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SUSE

7.5 high
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Red Hat

7.5 high