CVE-2008-1950

GNUTLS-SA-2008-1-3 GnuTLS memory overread flaw

Published May 21, 2008 CVSS 2.0 · 5.0 Medium EPSS 5.0% KEV · Not listed
Description
Integer signedness error in the _gnutls_ciphertext2compressed function in lib/gnutls_cipher.c in libgnutls in GnuTLS before 2.2.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer over-read and crash) via a certain integer value in the Random field in an encrypted Client Hello message within a TLS record with an invalid Record Length, which leads to an invalid cipher padding length, aka GNUTLS-SA-2008-1-3.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1581-1 New gnutls13 packages fix potential code execution
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-613-1 GnuTLS vulnerabilities
References
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http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=gnutls.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=bc8102405fda11ea00ca3b42acc4f4bce9d6e97b cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/gnutls-devel/2008-05/msg00051.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/gnutls-devel/2008-05/msg00055.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/gnutls-devel/2008-05/msg00060.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-09/msg00003.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/30287 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/30302 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/30317 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/30324 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/30330 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/30331 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/30338 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/30355 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/31939 cve-icon cve-icon
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200805-20.xml cve-icon cve-icon
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3902 cve-icon cve-icon
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=600646&group_id=21558 cve-icon cve-icon
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0174 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.cert.fi/haavoittuvuudet/advisory-gnutls.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1581 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/659209 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:106 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/05/20/1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/05/20/2 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/05/20/3 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0489.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0492.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/492282/100/0/threaded cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/492464/100/0/threaded cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29292 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020059 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-613-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1582/references cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1583/references cve-icon cve-icon
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42533 cve-icon cve-icon
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2552 cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1950 cve-icon
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11393 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-1950 cve-icon
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00487.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00590.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00615.html cve-icon cve-icon
History

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Aug 7, 2024, 8:41 AM
Reserved
Apr 24, 2008, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
May 21, 2008, 1:24 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 10:52 PM
Severity
Important
Public date
May 19, 2008, 12:00 AM