SUSE-SU-2017:1886-1

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    SUSE-SU-2017:1886-1

    Published: 15 Jul 2017Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026

    Summary: Security update for gnutls

    Details: This update for gnutls fixes the following issues: - GNUTLS-SA-2017-3 / CVE-2017-7869: An out-of-bounds write in OpenPGP certificate decoding was fixed (bsc#1034173) - CVE-2017-6891: A potential stack buffer overflow in the bundled libtasn1 was fixed (bsc#1040621) - An address read of 4 bytes past the end of buffer in OpenPGP certificate parsing was fixed (bsc#1038337)

    References: https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2017/suse-su-20171886-1/, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1034173, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1038337, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1040621, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-6891, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-7869

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: gnutls

    Purl: pkg:rpm/suse/gnutls&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2011%20SP4

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.4.1-24.39.70.1

    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
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High