GNUTLS Padding Denial of Service Vulnerability

BID:13477

Info

GNUTLS Padding Denial of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 13477
Class: Failure to Handle Exceptional Conditions
CVE: CVE-2005-1431
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: May 03 2005 12:00AM
Updated: Feb 28 2007 12:46AM
Credit: The individual or individuals responsible for the discovery of this issue are currently unknown; the vendor disclosed this issue.
Vulnerable: Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.0 4 powerpc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.0 4 i386
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.0 4 amd64
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 4.1 ppc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 4.1 ia64
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 4.1 ia32
Redhat Fedora Core3
Redhat Enterprise Linux WS 4
Redhat Enterprise Linux ES 4
Redhat Enterprise Linux AS 4
Redhat Desktop 4.0
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.2 x86_64
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.2
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.1 x86_64
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.1
GNU GnuTLS 1.2
GNU GnuTLS 1.0.17
GNU GnuTLS 1.0.16
GNU GnuTLS 1.0.15
GNU GnuTLS 1.0.14
GNU GnuTLS 1.0.9
GNU GnuTLS 1.0.8
GNU GnuTLS 1.0.7
GNU GnuTLS 1.0.6
GNU GnuTLS 1.0.5
GNU GnuTLS 1.0.4
GNU GnuTLS 1.0.3
GNU GnuTLS 1.0.2
GNU GnuTLS 1.0.1
GNU GnuTLS 1.0
Gentoo Linux
Not Vulnerable: GNU GnuTLS 1.2.3
GNU GnuTLS 1.0.25
+ Redhat Fedora Core4

Discussion

GNUTLS Padding Denial of Service Vulnerability

GnuTLS is prone to a denial-of-service vulnerability. A remote attacker can send specifically designed data to cause a flaw in the parsing, leading to denial-of-service conditions.

This issue has been addressed in GnuTLS versions 1.0.25 and 1.2.3; earlier versions are vulnerable.

Exploit / POC

GNUTLS Padding Denial of Service Vulnerability

Currently we are not aware of any exploits for this issue. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: mailto:[email protected].

Solution / Fix

GNUTLS Padding Denial of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has addressed this issue in GnuTLS versions 1.0.25 and 1.2.3.

Please see the referenced advisories for more information.


GNU GnuTLS 1.0

GNU GnuTLS 1.0.1

GNU GnuTLS 1.0.14

GNU GnuTLS 1.0.15

GNU GnuTLS 1.0.16

GNU GnuTLS 1.0.17

GNU GnuTLS 1.0.2

GNU GnuTLS 1.0.3

GNU GnuTLS 1.0.4

GNU GnuTLS 1.0.5

GNU GnuTLS 1.0.6

GNU GnuTLS 1.0.7

GNU GnuTLS 1.0.8

GNU GnuTLS 1.0.9

GNU GnuTLS 1.2

Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.1

Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.1 x86_64

Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.2 x86_64

Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.2

References

GNUTLS Padding Denial of Service Vulnerability

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