CVE-2014-3466
MEDIUMEPSS 95th pctlDescription
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.
CVSS v2 Vector
No CVSS vector data available.
Exploit Intelligence
Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 95% of all known CVEs.
References
- http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-0594.html
- http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-0595.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-06/msg00002.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-06/msg00007.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-06/msg00010.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-06/msg00015.html
- http://radare.today/technical-analysis-of-the-gnutls-hello-vulnerability/
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0594.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0595.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0684.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0815.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/58340
- http://secunia.com/advisories/58598
- http://secunia.com/advisories/58601
- http://secunia.com/advisories/58642
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59016
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59021
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59057
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59086
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59408
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59838
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60384
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21678776
- http://www-947.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/docdisplay?lndocid=MIGR-5096155
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2944
- http://www.gnutls.org/security.html
- http://www.novell.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=7015302
- http://www.novell.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=7015303
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67741
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030314
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2229-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1101932
- https://www.gitorious.org/gnutls/gnutls/commit/688ea6428a432c39203d00acd1af0e7684e5ddfd
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