Attack (Attack ID:715554)

Release Date2015/11/06

Attack NameSSL GnuTLS DistinguishedName Decoding Double Free (CVE-2015-6251)

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Description

A double-free vulnerability has been reported in GnuTLS. The vulnerability is due to an error within _gnutls_x509_dn_to_string() while processing very long Distinguished Name values in X.509 certificates.
Impact:Remote code execution
Affected System:Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris, Other Unix
Additional References:CVE-2015-6251

 

Solution

Update vendor's patch.