CVE-2013-2116
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 5 · Improper input validation
5CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
The _gnutls_ciphertext2compressed function in lib/gnutls_cipher.c in GnuTLS 2.12.23 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer over-read and crash) via a crafted padding length. NOTE: this might be due to an incorrect fix for CVE-2013-0169.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impactNone
Availability impact—
Exploit probability (EPSS)4%
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://secunia.com/advisories/53911Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-06/msg00019.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00001.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00003.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0883.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/57260
- http://secunia.com/advisories/57274
- http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.encryption.gpg.gnutls.devel/6753