CVE-2016-7444
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CVE Details
| Release Date: | 2016-09-02 | |
| Impact: | Low | What is this? |
Description
The gnutls_ocsp_resp_check_crt function in lib/x509/ocsp.c in GnuTLSbefore 3.4.15 and 3.5.x before 3.5.4 does not verify the serial length of an OCSP response, which might allow remote attackers to bypass an intended certificate validation mechanism via vectors involving trailing bytes left by gnutls_malloc.
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NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
CVSS v2 metrics
| Base Score: | 4.3 |
| Vector String: | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
| Version: | 2.0 |
| Attack Vector: | Network |
| Attack Complexity: | Medium |
| Authentication: | None |
| Confidentiality Impact: | None |
| Integrity Impact: | Partial |
| Availability Impact: | None |
Errata information
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
| Oracle Linux version 7 (gnutls) | ELSA-2017-2292 | 2017-08-07 |
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