MGASA-2014-0458

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    MGASA-2014-0458

    Published: 15 Nov 2014Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2014-8564

    Summary: Updated gnutls package fix security vulnerability

    Details: An out-of-bounds memory write flaw was found in the way GnuTLS parsed certain ECC (Elliptic Curve Cryptography) certificates or certificate signing requests (CSR). A malicious user could create a specially crafted ECC certificate or a certificate signing request that, when processed by an application compiled against GnuTLS (for example, certtool), could cause that application to crash or execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running the application (CVE-2014-8564).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0458.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14527, http://www.gnutls.org/security.html#GNUTLS-SA-2014-5, https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1846.html

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: gnutls

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/gnutls?arch=source&distro=mageia-3

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.1.16-1.4.mga3

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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