CVE-2012-1573

gnutls: TLS record handling issue (GNUTLS-SA-2012-2, MU-201202-01)

Published Mar 26, 2012 CVSS 2.0 · 5.0 Medium EPSS 4.0% KEV · Not listed
Description
gnutls_cipher.c in libgnutls in GnuTLS before 2.12.17 and 3.x before 3.0.15 does not properly handle data encrypted with a block cipher, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted record, as demonstrated by a crafted GenericBlockCipher structure.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2441-1 gnutls26 security update
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1418-1 GnuTLS vulnerabilities
References
Link Providers
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-03/0099.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.encryption.gpg.gnutls.devel/5910 cve-icon cve-icon
http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.encryption.gpg.gnutls.devel/5912 cve-icon cve-icon
http://blog.mudynamics.com/2012/03/20/gnutls-and-libtasn1-vulns/ cve-icon cve-icon
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=gnutls.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=422214868061370aeeb0ac9cd0f021a5c350a57d cve-icon cve-icon
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=gnutls.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b495740f2ff66550ca9395b3fda3ea32c3acb185 cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/077071.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-March/076496.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00001.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://osvdb.org/80259 cve-icon cve-icon
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0429.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0488.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0531.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/48488 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/48511 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/48596 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/48712 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/57260 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2441 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.gnu.org/software/gnutls/security.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:040 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/21/4 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/21/5 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52667 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026828 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1418-1 cve-icon cve-icon
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=805432 cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-1573 cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-1573 cve-icon
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.09562}

epss

{'score': 0.10166}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Aug 6, 2024, 7:01 PM
Reserved
Mar 12, 2012, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Mar 26, 2012, 7:55 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 11:39 PM
Severity
Important
Public date
Mar 21, 2012, 12:00 AM