CVE-2008-1950

Summary

CVECVE-2008-1950
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-05-21 13:24:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionInteger signedness error in the _gnutls_ciphertext2compressed function in lib/gnutls_cipher.c in libgnutls in GnuTLS before 2.2.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer over-read and crash) via a certain integer value in the Random field in an encrypted Client Hello message within a TLS record with an invalid Record Length, which leads to an invalid cipher padding length, aka GNUTLS-SA-2008-1-3.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-189 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

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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US-CERT Vulnerability Note VU#659209 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kb.cert.org US Government Resource
Gentoo update for gnutls - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 9 Update: gnutls-2.0.4-3.fc9 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
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Webmail | OVH- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
GnuTLS 2.2.5 - Brown paper bag release af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.gnu.org
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