QID 671037

Date Published: 2021-11-30

QID 671037: EulerOS Security Update for gnutls (EulerOS-SA-2021-2632)

GnuTLS is a secure communications library implementing the SSL, TLS and DTLS protocols and technologies around them. It provides a simple C language application programming interface (API) to access the secure communications protocols as well as APIs to parse and write X.509, PKCS #12, OpenPGP and other required structures. Security Fix(es): A flaw was found in gnutls. A use after free issue in client sending key_share extension may lead to memory corruption and other consequences.(CVE-2021-20231) A flaw was found in gnutls. A use after free issue in client_send_params in lib/ext/pre_shared_key.c may lead to memory corruption and other potential consequences.(CVE-2021-20232)
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An arbitrary attacker may exploit this vulnerability to compromise the system.

  • CVSS V3 rated as Critical - 9.8 severity.
  • CVSS V2 rated as High - 7.5 severity.
    • Solution
    The Vendor has released a security update to fix the vulnerability. For more information please visit EulerOS-SA-2021-2632 for updates and patch information
    Vendor References

    CVEs related to QID 671037

    CVE-2021-20232 | CVE-2021-20231 |
    Software Advisories
    Advisory ID Software Component Link
    EulerOS-SA-2021-2632 EulerOS V2.0SP8 URL Logo developer.huaweicloud.com/ict/en/site-euleros/euleros/security-advisories/EulerOS-SA-2021-2632
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