USN-3318-1

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    USN-3318-1

    Published: 13 Jun 2017Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026

    Summary: gnutls26, gnutls28 vulnerabilities

    Details: Hubert Kario discovered that GnuTLS incorrectly handled decoding a status response TLS extension. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause GnuTLS to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only applied to Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.10 and Ubuntu 17.04. (CVE-2017-7507) It was discovered that GnuTLS incorrectly handled decoding certain OpenPGP certificates. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause GnuTLS to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-7869)

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3318-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-7507, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-7869

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: gnutls26

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

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.12.23-12ubuntu2.8

    Affected versions

    2.12.23-1ubuntu4
    2.12.23-1ubuntu5
    2.12.23-12ubuntu1
    2.12.23-12ubuntu2
    2.12.23-12ubuntu2.1
    2.12.23-12ubuntu2.2
    2.12.23-12ubuntu2.3
    2.12.23-12ubuntu2.4
    2.12.23-12ubuntu2.5
    2.12.23-12ubuntu2.6
    2.12.23-12ubuntu2.7

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Scope
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    Confidentiality
    None
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    Integrity
    None
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    Availability
    None
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    High