CVE-2017-7507

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Summary

CVECVE-2017-7507
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-06-16 19:29:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-20 01:37:25 UTC
DescriptionGnuTLS version 3.5.12 and earlier is vulnerable to a NULL pointer dereference while decoding a status response TLS extension with valid contents. This could lead to a crash of the GnuTLS server application.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.0 7.5 HIGH from [email protected]

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Problem Types: CWE-476 | NULL pointer dereference

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.0[email protected]Primary7.5HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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 All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA GnuTLS Gnutls affected 3.5.12 Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
GnuTLS af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.gnutls.org Vendor Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 access.redhat.com
GnuTLS CVE-2017-7507 NULL Pointer Dereference Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3884-1 gnutls28 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 500231 Alpine Linux Security Update for gnutls
  • 503977 Alpine Linux Security Update for gnutls
  • 710416 Gentoo Linux Gnu Transport Layer Security (TLS) Denial of Service (DoS) Vulnerability (GLSA 201710-15)

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