CVE-2014-3465
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
The gnutls_x509_dn_oid_name function in lib/x509/common.c in GnuTLS 3.0 before 3.1.20 and 3.2.x before 3.2.10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a crafted X.509 certificate, related to a missing LDAP description for an OID when printing the DN.
Find out more about CVE-2014-3465 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
Statement
This issue did not affect the versions of gnutls as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, 5, and 6.
CVSS v2 metrics
| Base Score | 4.3 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | Medium |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | None |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | Partial |
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Red Hat Security Errata
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (gnutls) | RHSA-2014:0684 | 2014-06-10 |
Affected Packages State
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | mingw32-gnutls | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | gnutls | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | gnutls | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | gnutls | Not affected |
Acknowledgements
Red Hat would like to thank GnuTLS upstream for reporting this issue.CVE description copyright © 2017, The MITRE Corporation