UBUNTU-CVE-2015-6251

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2015-6251

    Published: 24 Aug 2015Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2015-6251
    Aliases:
    USN-2727-1

    Summary:

    Details: Double free vulnerability in GnuTLS before 3.3.17 and 3.4.x before 3.4.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a long DistinguishedName (DN) entry in a certificate.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-6251, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/10/1, http://www.gnutls.org/security.html#GNUTLS-SA-2015-3, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2727-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-6251

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: gnutls28

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.3.15-5ubuntu2

    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