CVE-2014-3466

Public on 2014-06-03
Modified on 2014-09-19
Description
A flaw was found in the way GnuTLS parsed session IDs from ServerHello messages of the TLS/SSL handshake. A malicious server could use this flaw to send an excessively long session ID value, which would trigger a buffer overflow in a connecting TLS/SSL client application using GnuTLS, causing the client application to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code.
Severity
Important severity
Important
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CVSS v3 Base Score
6.8
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory Status
Amazon Linux 1 gnutls 2014-06-05 ALAS-2014-352 Fixed

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv2 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
NVD CVSSv2 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

FAQs regarding Amazon Linux ALAS/CVE Severity Red Hat: CVE-2014-3466 Mitre: CVE-2014-3466