Rapid7 Vulnerability & Exploit Database

Oracle Solaris 11: CVE-2016-4456: Vulnerability in GnuTLS

Free InsightVM Trial No Credit Card Necessary
2024 Attack Intel Report Latest research by Rapid7 Labs
Back to Search

Oracle Solaris 11: CVE-2016-4456: Vulnerability in GnuTLS

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
08/08/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
08/21/2017
Modified
02/01/2022

Description

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

Solution(s)

  • oracle-solaris-11-3-upgrade-library-gnutls-3-3-5-13-0-175-3-23-0-4-0

With Rapid7 live dashboards, I have a clear view of all the assets on my network, which ones can be exploited, and what I need to do in order to reduce the risk in my environment in real-time. No other tool gives us that kind of value and insight.

– Scott Cheney, Manager of Information Security, Sierra View Medical Center

;