CVE-2016-4456

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Summary

CVECVE-2016-4456
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-08-08 21:29:00 UTC
Updated2020-06-16 18:30:00 UTC
DescriptionThe "GNUTLS_KEYLOGFILE" environment variable in gnutls 3.4.12 allows remote attackers to overwrite and corrupt arbitrary files in the filesystem.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-20

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Gnu Gnutls 3.4.12 All All All
Application Gnu Gnutls 3.4.12 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
oss-security - Re: CVE Request: GnuTLS: GNUTLS-SA-2016-1: File overwrite by setuid programs MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
1343505 – (CVE-2016-4456) CVE-2016-4456 gnutls: Environment variable GNUTLS_KEYLOGFILE is obtained via insecure getenv() CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
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