CVE-2024-12243
MediumCVSS 5.3Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
Elevated risk70th percentile - higher than 70% of all known CVEs
Summary
GnuTLS relies on libtasn1 for ASN.1 data processing, where an inefficient algorithm causes excessive resource consumption when decoding certain DER-encoded certificates. A remote attacker can send a crafted certificate, causing GnuTLS to become unresponsive or slow.
Risk Assessment
This can lead to denial of service in applications using GnuTLS for certificate validation.
Recommendation
Update GnuTLS and libtasn1 to patched versions.
Other vulnerabilities in GnuTLS
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- CVE-2017-7507High
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- CVE-2017-7869High
GnuTLS before February 20, 2017, has an out-of-bounds write caused by an integer overflow and heap-based buffer overflow related to the cdk_pkt_read function in opencdk/read-packet.c. This issue is a subset of the vendor's GNUTLS-SA-2017-3 report and is fixed in version 3.5.10.
- CVE-2017-5335High
The stream reading functions in lib/opencdk/read-packet.c in GnuTLS before 3.3.26 and 3.5.x before 3.5.8 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-memory error and crash) via a crafted OpenPGP certificate.
- CVE-2016-7444High
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- CVE-2015-3308High
A double free vulnerability in lib/x509/x509_ext.c in GnuTLS before version 3.3.14 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted CRL distribution point.
- CVE-2021-20232Critical
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- CVE-2021-20231Critical
A flaw was found in gnutls. A use after free issue in client sending key_share extension may lead to memory corruption and other consequences.
- CVE-2020-13777High
GnuTLS 3.6.x before 3.6.14 uses incorrect cryptography for encrypting a session ticket (a loss of confidentiality in TLS 1.2, and an authentication bypass in TLS 1.3). The earliest affected version is 3.6.4 (2018-09-24) because of an error in a 2018-09-18 commit. Until the first key rotation, the TLS server always uses wrong data in place of an encryption key derived from an application.
- CVE-2017-5337Critical
Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in the read_attribute function in GnuTLS before 3.3.26 and 3.5.x before 3.5.8 allow remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a crafted OpenPGP certificate.
Original NVD description (English source)
A flaw was found in GnuTLS, which relies on libtasn1 for ASN.1 data processing. Due to an inefficient algorithm in libtasn1, decoding certain DER-encoded certificate data can take excessive time, leading to increased resource consumption. This flaw allows a remote attacker to send a specially crafted certificate, causing GnuTLS to become unresponsive or slow, resulting in a denial-of-service condition.
Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS