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GHSA-5mrf-xh4h-r8wx
GHSA-5mrf-xh4h-r8wx
PUBLISHED
CVSS 8.699999809265137 HIGH
Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published May 1, 2022
The _gnutls_recv_client_kx_message function in lib/gnutls_kx.c in libgnutls in gnutls-serv in GnuTLS before 2.2.4 continues to process Client Hello messages within a TLS message after one has already been processed, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL dereference and crash) via a TLS message containing multiple Client Hello messages, aka GNUTLS-SA-2008-1-2.
Risk scores
CVSS 4.0
8.699999809265137
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Timeline
- Jan 5, 2022 PoC Published
- May 1, 2022 CVE Published
- Apr 9, 2026 Distribution Patch (2 in total, the first dated here)
- Apr 30, 2026 Security Advisory
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References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1949 advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42530 url
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00487.html url
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00590.html url
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30302 url
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30317 url
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30330 url
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30331 url
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31939 url
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=600646&group_id=21558 url
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/252626 url
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:106 url
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/05/20/2 url
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/05/20/3 url
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0489.html url
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0492.html url
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/492464/100/0/threaded url
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00615.html url
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=gnutls.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=bc8102405fda11ea00ca3b42acc4f4bce9d6e97b url
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-09/msg00003.html url
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