CVE-2012-1663

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2012-02-19
Bugzilla:
803169: CVE-2012-1663 gnutls: double-free vulnerability in libgnutls 3.0.x

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

Double free vulnerability in libgnutls in GnuTLS before 3.0.14 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted certificate list.

Find out more about CVE-2012-1663 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of gnutls as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, 5, or 6.

CVSS v2 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score 5.1
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity High
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial

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Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 gnutls Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 gnutls Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 gnutls Not affected

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