CVE-2014-3466

CVE Details

Release Date:	2014-05-30
Impact:	Important	What is this?

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.

See more information about CVE-2014-3466 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	6.8
Vector String:	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Network
Attack Complexity:	Medium
Authentication:	None
Confidentiality Impact:	Partial
Integrity Impact:	Partial
Availability Impact:	Partial

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (gnutls)	ELSA-2014-0594	2014-06-03
Oracle Linux version 6 (gnutls)	ELSA-2014-0595	2014-06-03
Oracle Linux version 7 (gnutls)	ELSA-2014-0684	2014-07-23