CVE-2017-5334
gnutls: Double-free while decoding crafted X.509 certificates
Severity Score
Exploit Likelihood
Affected Versions
Public Exploits
0Exploited in Wild
-Decision
Descriptions
Double free vulnerability in the gnutls_x509_ext_import_proxy function in GnuTLS before 3.3.26 and 3.5.x before 3.5.8 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via crafted policy language information in an X.509 certificate with a Proxy Certificate Information extension.
La vulnerabilidad de liberación doble en la función gnutls_x509_ext_import_proxy de GnuTLS en versiones anteriores a 3.3.26 y 3.5.x en versiones anteriores a 3.5.8 permite a los atacantes remotos tener un impacto no especificado a través de una información de lenguaje de directivas elaborada en un certificado X.509 con una extensión Proxy Certificate Information.
A double-free flaw was found in the way GnuTLS parsed certain X.509 certificates with Proxy Certificate Information extension. An attacker could create a specially-crafted certificate which, when processed by an application compiled against GnuTLS, could cause that application to crash.
USN-3183-1 fixedCVE-2016-8610 in GnuTLS in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.10. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. Stefan Buehler discovered that GnuTLS incorrectly verified the serial length of OCSP responses. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass certain certificate validation measures. This issue only applied to Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. Shi Lei discovered that GnuTLS incorrectly handled certain warning alerts. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause GnuTLS to hang, resulting in a denial of service. This issue has only been addressed in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.10. It was discovered that GnuTLS incorrectly decoded X.509 certificates with a Proxy Certificate Information extension. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause GnuTLS to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.10. It was discovered that GnuTLS incorrectly handled certain OpenPGP certificates. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause GnuTLS to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. Various other issues were also addressed.
CVSS Scores
SSVC
- Decision:-
Timeline
- 2017-01-10 CVE Reserved
- 2017-01-13 CVE Published
- 2024-08-05 CVE Updated
- 2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
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- ---------- First Exploit
CWE
- CWE-415: Double Free
- CWE-416: Use After Free
CAPEC
References (11)
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95370 | Third Party Advisory | |
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037576 | Third Party Advisory |
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http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/10/7 | 2018-10-30 | |
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/11/4 | 2018-10-30 | |
https://gitlab.com/gnutls/gnutls/commit/c5aaa488a3d6df712dc8dff23a049133cab5ec1b | 2018-10-30 | |
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-04 | 2018-10-30 |
URL | Date | SRC |
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http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2017-02/msg00005.html | 2018-10-30 | |
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2292 | 2018-10-30 | |
https://gnutls.org/security.html#GNUTLS-SA-2017-1 | 2018-10-30 | |
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5334 | 2017-08-01 | |
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1411835 | 2017-08-01 |
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
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Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse" | Leap Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Leap" | 42.1 Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Leap" and version "42.1" | - |
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Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse" | Leap Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Leap" | 42.2 Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Leap" and version "42.2" | - |
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Gnu Search vendor "Gnu" | Gnutls Search vendor "Gnu" for product "Gnutls" | <= 3.3.25 Search vendor "Gnu" for product "Gnutls" and version " <= 3.3.25" | - |
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Gnu Search vendor "Gnu" | Gnutls Search vendor "Gnu" for product "Gnutls" | 3.5.0 Search vendor "Gnu" for product "Gnutls" and version "3.5.0" | - |
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Gnu Search vendor "Gnu" | Gnutls Search vendor "Gnu" for product "Gnutls" | 3.5.1 Search vendor "Gnu" for product "Gnutls" and version "3.5.1" | - |
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Gnu Search vendor "Gnu" | Gnutls Search vendor "Gnu" for product "Gnutls" | 3.5.2 Search vendor "Gnu" for product "Gnutls" and version "3.5.2" | - |
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Gnu Search vendor "Gnu" | Gnutls Search vendor "Gnu" for product "Gnutls" | 3.5.3 Search vendor "Gnu" for product "Gnutls" and version "3.5.3" | - |
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Gnu Search vendor "Gnu" | Gnutls Search vendor "Gnu" for product "Gnutls" | 3.5.4 Search vendor "Gnu" for product "Gnutls" and version "3.5.4" | - |
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Gnu Search vendor "Gnu" | Gnutls Search vendor "Gnu" for product "Gnutls" | 3.5.5 Search vendor "Gnu" for product "Gnutls" and version "3.5.5" | - |
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Gnu Search vendor "Gnu" | Gnutls Search vendor "Gnu" for product "Gnutls" | 3.5.6 Search vendor "Gnu" for product "Gnutls" and version "3.5.6" | - |
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Gnu Search vendor "Gnu" | Gnutls Search vendor "Gnu" for product "Gnutls" | 3.5.7 Search vendor "Gnu" for product "Gnutls" and version "3.5.7" | - |
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