CVE-2021-20232

gnutls: Use after free in client_send_params in lib/ext/pre_shared_key.c

Published Mar 12, 2021 CVSS 3.1 · 9.8 Critical EPSS 3.4% KEV · Not listed
Description
A flaw was found in gnutls. A use after free issue in client_send_params in lib/ext/pre_shared_key.c may lead to memory corruption and other potential consequences.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2021-7671 A flaw was found in gnutls. A use after free issue in client_send_params in lib/ext/pre_shared_key.c may lead to memory corruption and other potential consequences.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-5029-1 GnuTLS vulnerabilities
References
Link Providers
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1922275 cve-icon cve-icon
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html cve-icon
https://gitlab.com/gnutls/gnutls/-/issues/1151 cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r50661d6f0082709aad9a584431b59ec364f9974b63b07e0800230168%40%3Cissues.spark.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r5d4001031e7790d8c6396c499522b4ed2aab782da87b1a14184793bb%40%3Cissues.spark.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r5f88bed447742fcc5c47bf1c7be965ef450131914a6e1f85feba2779%40%3Cissues.spark.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r6ac143ba6dd98bd4bf6bf010d46e56e254056459721ba18822d611f7%40%3Cissues.spark.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9cbc69e57276413788e90a6ee16c7c034ea4258d31935b70db2bd158%40%3Cissues.spark.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rcd70a4c88a47a75fd2d5f3ffb7cee8c2a18c713320bd90fdcb57495f%40%3Cissues.spark.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf5e1256d870193def4a82ad89ab95e63943a313b5ff0d81aa87e4532%40%3Cissues.spark.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rfd5273d72d244178441e6904a2f2b41a3268f569e8092ea0b3b2bb20%40%3Cissues.spark.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OSLAE6PP33A7VYRYMYMUVB3U6B26GZER/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-20232 cve-icon
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210416-0005/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-20232 cve-icon
https://www.gnutls.org/security-new.html#GNUTLS-SA-2021-03-10 cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Oct 14, 2026, 10:04 AM
Reserved
Dec 17, 2020, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Mar 12, 2021, 7:15 PM
Modified
Oct 14, 2026, 11:16 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Mar 12, 2021, 9:54 AM