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    CVE-2008-1948

    The _gnutls_server_name_recv_params function in lib/ext_server_name.c in libgnutls in gnutls-serv in GnuTLS before 2.2.4 does not properly calculate the number of Server Names in a TLS 1.0 Client Hello message during extension handling, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a zero value for the length of Server Names, which leads to a buffer overflow in session resumption data in the pack_security_parameters function, aka GNUTLS-SA-2008-1-1.

    Published:May 19, 2008
    Last Modified:Apr 23, 2026
    EPS:May 21, 2008
    EPSS Score:0.199
    CVSS Score:10

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Gnu
    Product
    Gnutls
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux

    Exploits

    http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/gnutls-devel/2008-05/msg00055.htmlhttp://www.cert.fi/haavoittuvuudet/advisory-gnutls.htmlhttp://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/gnutls-devel/2008-05/msg00055.htmlhttp://www.cert.fi/haavoittuvuudet/advisory-gnutls.html

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

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    References

    http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=gnutls.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=bc8102405fda11ea00ca3b42acc4f4bce9d6e97b
    http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/gnutls-devel/2008-05/msg00051.html
    http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/gnutls-devel/2008-05/msg00055.html
    http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/gnutls-devel/2008-05/msg00060.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-09/msg00003.html
    http://secunia.com/advisories/30287
    http://secunia.com/advisories/30302
    http://secunia.com/advisories/30317
    http://secunia.com/advisories/30324
    http://secunia.com/advisories/30330
    http://secunia.com/advisories/30331
    http://secunia.com/advisories/30338
    http://secunia.com/advisories/30355
    http://secunia.com/advisories/31939
    http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200805-20.xml
    http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3902
    http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=600646&group_id=21558
    http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0174
    http://www.cert.fi/haavoittuvuudet/advisory-gnutls.html
    http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1581
    http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/111034
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:106
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/05/20/1
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/05/20/2
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/05/20/3
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0489.html
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0492.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/492282/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/492464/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29292
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020057
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-613-1
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1582/references
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1583/references
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42532
    https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2552
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10935
    https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00487.html
    https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00590.html
    https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00615.html
    http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=gnutls.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=bc8102405fda11ea00ca3b42acc4f4bce9d6e97b
    http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/gnutls-devel/2008-05/msg00051.html
    http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/gnutls-devel/2008-05/msg00055.html
    http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/gnutls-devel/2008-05/msg00060.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-09/msg00003.html
    http://secunia.com/advisories/30287
    http://secunia.com/advisories/30302
    http://secunia.com/advisories/30317
    http://secunia.com/advisories/30324
    http://secunia.com/advisories/30330
    http://secunia.com/advisories/30331
    http://secunia.com/advisories/30338
    http://secunia.com/advisories/30355
    http://secunia.com/advisories/31939
    http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200805-20.xml
    http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3902
    http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=600646&group_id=21558
    http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0174
    http://www.cert.fi/haavoittuvuudet/advisory-gnutls.html
    http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1581
    http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/111034
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:106
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/05/20/1
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/05/20/2
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/05/20/3
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0489.html
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0492.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/492282/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/492464/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29292
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020057
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-613-1
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1582/references
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1583/references
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42532
    https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2552
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10935
    https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00487.html
    https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00590.html
    https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00615.html

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
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    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
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    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High