CVE-2015-3308

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Summary

CVECVE-2015-3308
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-09-02 14:59:01 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionDouble free vulnerability in lib/x509/x509_ext.c in GnuTLS before 3.3.14 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted CRL distribution point.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 15.04 All All All
Application Gnu Gnutls All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
GnuTLS 'x509_ext.c' Use After Free Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
oss-security - double-free in gnutls (CRL distribution points parsing) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
GnuTLS: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201506-03) — Gentoo security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 22 Update: gnutls-3.3.14-1.fc22 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
eliminated double-free in the parsing of dist points (d6972be3) · Commits · gnutls / Gnutls · GitLab af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 gitlab.com
GnuTLS Double-Free Memory Error in CRL Distribution Point Parsing Lets Remote Users Cause the Target Service to Crash - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
Better fix for the double free in dist point parsing (053ae654) · Commits · gnutls / Gnutls · GitLab af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 gitlab.com
GnuTLS af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.gnutls.org
oss-security - Re: double-free in gnutls (CRL distribution points parsing) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
USN-2727-1: GnuTLS vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
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