CVE-2017-5337
critical
CVSS v3
9.8
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
9.8
Description
Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in the read_attribute function in GnuTLS before 3.3.26 and 3.5.x before 3.5.8 allow remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a crafted OpenPGP certificate.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
97%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 3.5.8-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 3.5.8-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 3.5.8-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 3.5.8-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 3.5.8-1 |
| suse | 42.1 | affected | |
| suse | 42.2 | affected | |
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2017-02/msg00005.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0574.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/10/7
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/11/4
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95372
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037576
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2292
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=338
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=346
- https://gitlab.com/gnutls/gnutls/commit/94fcf1645ea17223237aaf8d19132e004afddc1a
- https://gnutls.org/security.html#GNUTLS-SA-2017-2
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-04
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5337.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-5337
CWEs
CWE-119
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.