Name: CVE-2016-4456: Improper Input Validation
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2017-08-08T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2016-4456, CWE-20, CVSS 7.5, EPSS 0.00246

The "GNUTLS_KEYLOGFILE" environment variable in gnutls 3.4.12 allows remote attackers to overwrite and corrupt arbitrary files in the filesystem.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.5
CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Debian	—	Upgrade gnutls28	Jul 30, 2024	Aug 8, 2017
Oracle Solaris	—	Upgrade library/gnutls-3 to version 3.5.13-0.175.3.23.0.4.0 on Solaris 11.3	Aug 21, 2017	Aug 8, 2017
Vmware Photon_os	—	Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version.	Jan 20, 2025	Aug 8, 2017

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CVSS Details

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