CVEvulnerability
CVE-2009-1415
4.3 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2009-04-30
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.3 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-824
Description
lib/pk-libgcrypt.c in libgnutls in GnuTLS before 2.6.6 does not properly handle invalid DSA signatures, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly have unspecified other impact via a malformed DSA key that triggers a (1) free of an uninitialized pointer or (2) double free.
Affected configurations
• gnu gnutls (< 2.6.6)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-824 Access of Uninitialized Pointer weakness
Referenced by CWE · observed example (1)
- CWE-824 Access of Uninitialized Pointer weakness
References
- http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.encryption.gpg.gnutls.devel/3515 Broken Link, Patch
- http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.encryption.gpg.gnutls.devel/3502 Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34842 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35211 Broken Link
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200905-04.xml Third Party Advisory
- http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.encryption.gpg.gnutls.devel/3488 Broken Link, Exploit
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:116 Broken Link
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34783 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022157 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1218 Broken Link
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50257 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50260 Not Applicable
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50445 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.encryption.gpg.gnutls.devel/3515 Broken Link, Patch
- http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.encryption.gpg.gnutls.devel/3502 Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34842 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35211 Broken Link
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200905-04.xml Third Party Advisory
- http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.encryption.gpg.gnutls.devel/3488 Broken Link, Exploit
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:116 Broken Link
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34783 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022157 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1218 Broken Link
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50257 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50260 Not Applicable
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50445 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry