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Status published
Medium
CVE-2013-2116
The _gnutls_ciphertext2compressed function in lib/gnutls_cipher.c in GnuTLS 2.12.23 allows remote...
Vulnerability Description
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 Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/57260
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-06/msg00019.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/57274
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00001.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00003.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:171
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0883.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2697
- http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.encryption.gpg.gnutls.devel/6754
- http://www.gnutls.org/security.html#GNUTLS-SA-2013-2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/53911
- https://gitorious.org/gnutls/gnutls/commit/5164d5a1d57cd0372a5dd074382ca960ca18b27d
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1843-1
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1028603
- http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.encryption.gpg.gnutls.devel/6753
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Affected Vendor
Affected Software
gnutls
Vulnerable Versions:
2.12.23
Timeline
Official Publish:
July 3rd, 2013
Last Modified:
August 6th, 2024
Added to House:
July 19th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.