CVE-2008-1949

Summary

CVECVE-2008-1949
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-05-21 13:24:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionThe _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 And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 9.3 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-287 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Gnu Gnutls 1.0.18 All All All
Application Gnu Gnutls 1.0.19 All All All
Application Gnu Gnutls 1.0.20 All All All
Application Gnu Gnutls 1.0.21 All All All
Application Gnu Gnutls 1.0.22 All All All
Application Gnu Gnutls 1.0.23 All All All
Application Gnu Gnutls 1.0.24 All All All
Application Gnu Gnutls 1.0.25 All All All
Application Gnu Gnutls 1.1.13 All All All
Application Gnu Gnutls 1.1.14 All All All
Application Gnu Gnutls 1.1.15 All All All
Application Gnu Gnutls 1.1.16 All All All
Application Gnu Gnutls 1.1.17 All All All
Application Gnu Gnutls 1.1.18 All All All
Application Gnu Gnutls 1.1.19 All All All
Application Gnu Gnutls 1.1.20 All All All
Application Gnu Gnutls 1.1.21 All All All
Application Gnu Gnutls 1.1.22 All All All
Application Gnu Gnutls 1.1.23 All All All
Application Gnu Gnutls 1.2.0 All All All
Application Gnu Gnutls 1.2.1 All All All
Application Gnu Gnutls 1.2.10 All All All
Application Gnu Gnutls 1.2.11 All All All
Application Gnu Gnutls 1.2.2 All All All
Application Gnu Gnutls 1.2.3 All All All
Application Gnu Gnutls 1.2.4 All All All
Application Gnu Gnutls 1.2.5 All All All
Application Gnu Gnutls 1.2.6 All All All
Application Gnu Gnutls 1.2.7 All All All
Application Gnu Gnutls 1.2.8 All All All
Application Gnu Gnutls 1.2.9 All All All
Application Gnu Gnutls 1.3.0 All All All
Application Gnu Gnutls 1.3.1 All All All
Application Gnu Gnutls 1.3.2 All All All
Application Gnu Gnutls 1.3.3 All All All
Application Gnu Gnutls 1.3.4 All All All
Application Gnu Gnutls 1.3.5 All All All
Application Gnu Gnutls 1.4.0 All All All
Application Gnu Gnutls 1.4.1 All All All
Application Gnu Gnutls 1.4.2 All All All
Application Gnu Gnutls 1.4.3 All All All
Application Gnu Gnutls 1.4.4 All All All
Application Gnu Gnutls 1.4.5 All All All
Application Gnu Gnutls 1.5.0 All All All
Application Gnu Gnutls 1.5.1 All All All
Application Gnu Gnutls 1.5.2 All All All
Application Gnu Gnutls 1.5.3 All All All
Application Gnu Gnutls 1.5.4 All All All
Application Gnu Gnutls 1.5.5 All All All
Application Gnu Gnutls 1.6.0 All All All
Application Gnu Gnutls 1.6.1 All All All
Application Gnu Gnutls 1.6.2 All All All
Application Gnu Gnutls 1.6.3 All All All
Application Gnu Gnutls 1.7.0 All All All
Application Gnu Gnutls 1.7.1 All All All
Application Gnu Gnutls 1.7.10 All All All
Application Gnu Gnutls 1.7.11 All All All
Application Gnu Gnutls 1.7.12 All All All
Application Gnu Gnutls 1.7.13 All All All
Application Gnu Gnutls 1.7.14 All All All
Application Gnu Gnutls 1.7.15 All All All
Application Gnu Gnutls 1.7.16 All All All
Application Gnu Gnutls 1.7.17 All All All
Application Gnu Gnutls 1.7.18 All All All
Application Gnu Gnutls 1.7.19 All All All
Application Gnu Gnutls 1.7.2 All All All
Application Gnu Gnutls 1.7.3 All All All
Application Gnu Gnutls 1.7.4 All All All
Application Gnu Gnutls 1.7.5 All All All
Application Gnu Gnutls 1.7.6 All All All
Application Gnu Gnutls 1.7.7 All All All
Application Gnu Gnutls 1.7.8 All All All
Application Gnu Gnutls 1.7.9 All All All
Application Gnu Gnutls 2.0.0 All All All
Application Gnu Gnutls 2.0.1 All All All
Application Gnu Gnutls 2.0.2 All All All
Application Gnu Gnutls 2.0.3 All All All
Application Gnu Gnutls 2.0.4 All All All
Application Gnu Gnutls 2.1.0 All All All
Application Gnu Gnutls 2.1.1 All All All
Application Gnu Gnutls 2.1.2 All All All
Application Gnu Gnutls 2.1.3 All All All
Application Gnu Gnutls 2.1.4 All All All
Application Gnu Gnutls 2.1.5 All All All
Application Gnu Gnutls 2.1.6 All All All
Application Gnu Gnutls 2.1.7 All All All
Application Gnu Gnutls 2.1.8 All All All
Application Gnu Gnutls 2.2.0 All All All
Application Gnu Gnutls 2.2.1 All All All
Application Gnu Gnutls 2.2.2 All All All
Application Gnu Gnutls 2.2.3 All All All
Application Gnu Gnutls 2.2.4 All All All
Application Gnu Gnutls 2.2.5 All All All
Application Gnu Gnutls 2.3.0 All All All
Application Gnu Gnutls 2.3.1 All All All
Application Gnu Gnutls 2.3.10 All All All
Application Gnu Gnutls 2.3.11 All All All
Application Gnu Gnutls 2.3.2 All All All
Application Gnu Gnutls 2.3.3 All All All
Application Gnu Gnutls 2.3.4 All All All
Application Gnu Gnutls 2.3.5 All All All
Application Gnu Gnutls 2.3.6 All All All
Application Gnu Gnutls 2.3.7 All All All
Application Gnu Gnutls 2.3.8 All All All
Application Gnu Gnutls 2.3.9 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

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Gentoo update for gnutls - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 9 Update: gnutls-2.0.4-3.fc9 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
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FileZilla GnuTLS Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
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