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CentOS Linux: CVE-2017-7507: Moderate: gnutls security, bug fix, and enhancement update (CESA-2017:2292)

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CentOS Linux: CVE-2017-7507: Moderate: gnutls security, bug fix, and enhancement update (CESA-2017:2292)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
06/16/2017
Created
08/29/2019
Added
08/28/2019
Modified
05/25/2023

Description

GnuTLS version 3.5.12 and earlier is vulnerable to a NULL pointer dereference while decoding a status response TLS extension with valid contents. This could lead to a crash of the GnuTLS server application.

Solution(s)

  • centos-upgrade-gnutls
  • centos-upgrade-gnutls-c
  • centos-upgrade-gnutls-dane
  • centos-upgrade-gnutls-debuginfo
  • centos-upgrade-gnutls-devel
  • centos-upgrade-gnutls-utils

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