[arch-security] [ASA-201706-12] gnutls: denial of service

[Remi Gacogne]

Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-201706-12
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Severity: Medium
Date    : 2017-06-13
CVE-ID  : CVE-2017-7507
Package : gnutls
Type    : denial of service
Remote  : Yes
Link    : https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-294

Summary
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The package gnutls before version 3.5.13-1 is vulnerable to denial of
service.

Resolution
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Upgrade to 3.5.13-1.

# pacman -Syu "gnutls>=3.5.13-1"

The problem has been fixed upstream in version 3.5.13.

Workaround
==========

None.

Description
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A security issue has been found in GnuTLS < 3.5.13, where decoding a
status request TLS extension that has a non-empty responder IDs list
could lead to a crash due to a null pointer dereference.

Impact
======

A remote attacker can crash a vulnerable TLS server by sending a
crafted status_request extension in a ClientHello message.

References
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https://www.gnutls.org/security.html#GNUTLS-SA-2017-4
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1454621
https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2017-7507

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