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CVE-2024-28835

CVE-2024-28835 PUBLISHED CVSS 5 MEDIUM

Gnutls: potential crash during chain building/verification

Reported by redhat · Published March 21, 2024

A flaw has been discovered in GnuTLS where an application crash can be induced when attempting to verify a specially crafted .pem bundle using the "certtool --verify-chain" command.

Fixed versions

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PackageEcosystemFixed in
gnutls-c++Amazon Linux3.8.0-380.amzn2023.0.6
gnutlsAmazon Linux3.8.0-380.amzn2023.0.6

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1
5
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected products

VendorProductVersions
3.8.3
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 90:3.7.6-23.el9_3.4
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 90:3.8.3-4.el9_4
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 90:3.7.6-23.el9_3.4
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 90:3.8.3-4.el9_4
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Extended Update Support0:3.7.6-21.el9_2.3
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 10
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Extended Update Support0:3.7.6-21.el9_2.3
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 6
amazon:2023gnutls-c++0
amazon:2023gnutls0
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8
3.8.3
SiemensSIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518F-4 PN/DP MFP3.1.0
amazon:2023gnutls-utils0
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 10

…and 5 more

Timeline

  • Mar 20, 2024 CVE Published
  • Mar 21, 2024 EPSS Score (30 in total, the first dated here)
  • Oct 4, 2024 Coalition ESS Score (7 in total, the first dated here)
  • Dec 16, 2025 PoC Published
  • May 11, 2026 CVE Updated
  • Jun 2, 2026 Security Advisory (55 in total, the first dated here)
  • Oct 23, 2026 Distribution Patch (54 in total, the first dated here)

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