RULE(RULE ID:711071)

Rule General Information
Release Date: 2015-09-25
Rule Name: PROTOCOL-SSL Gnutls Server Hello Session ID Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability -3 (CVE-2014-3466)
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Rule Protection Details
Description: Buffer overflow in the read_server_hello function in lib/gnutls_handshake.c in GnuTLS before 3.1.25, 3.2.x before 3.2.15, and 3.3.x before 3.3.4 allows remote servers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a long session id in a ServerHello message.
Impact: A buffer overflow vulnerability can be triggered by an attacker in the context of the vulnerable product. Further attacks includes arbitrary code execution and denial of service.
Affected OS: Solaris, Other Unix, FreeBSD, Linux
Reference: SecurityFocusBID:67741
SecurityTrackerID:1030314
Solutions
More advisories have been published on the website, please visit for more suggestions:
http://gnutls.org/security.html#GNUTLS-SA-2014-3