CVE-2020-24659

Summary

CVECVE-2020-24659
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-09-04 15:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:20:00 UTC
DescriptionAn issue was discovered in GnuTLS before 3.6.15. A server can trigger a NULL pointer dereference in a TLS 1.3 client if a no_renegotiation alert is sent with unexpected timing, and then an invalid second handshake occurs. The crash happens in the application's error handling path, where the gnutls_deinit function is called after detecting a handshake failure.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-787 | CWE-476

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 20.04 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 32 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 33 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 32 All All All
Application Gnu Gnutls All All All All
Application Gnu Gnutls All All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.2 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] Fedora 33 Update: mingw-gnutls-3.6.15-1.fc33 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
GnuTLS MISC www.gnutls.org Vendor Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 32 Update: mingw-gnutls-3.6.15-1.fc32 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org Third Party Advisory
GnuTLS: Denial of service (GLSA 202009-01) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
USN-4491-1: GnuTLS vulnerability | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
CVE-2020-24659 GnuTLS Vulnerability in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security CONFIRM security.netapp.com Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 32 Update: mingw-gnutls-3.6.15-1.fc32 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2020:1743-1: moderate: Security update f SUSE lists.opensuse.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 33 Update: mingw-gnutls-3.6.15-1.fc33 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2020:1724-1: moderate: Security update f SUSE lists.opensuse.org
CVE-2020-24659: read-heap-buffer-overflow found by fuzz (#1071) · Issues · gnutls / GnuTLS · GitLab MISC gitlab.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 296070 Oracle Solaris 11.4 Support Repository Update (SRU) 28.82.3 Missing (CPUOCT2020)
  • 377363 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for gnutls (ALINUX3-SA-2021:0008)
  • 500234 Alpine Linux Security Update for gnutls
  • 500362 Alpine Linux Security Update for gnutls
  • 503980 Alpine Linux Security Update for gnutls
  • 591406 Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU GNU/Linux subsystem Multiple Vulnerabilities (SSB-439005, ICSA-22-104-13)
  • 690514 Free Berkeley Software Distribution (FreeBSD) Security Update for gnutls (2272e6f1-f029-11ea-838a-0011d823eebd)
  • 770068 Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.6 Security Update (RHSA-2021:0436)
  • 900113 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for gnutls 3.6.14
  • 901708 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for gnutls (6445-1)
  • 902834 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for gnutls (2201)
  • 940380 AlmaLinux Security Update for gnutls (ALSA-2020:5483)
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