Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-201609-26
=========================================
Severity: Medium
Date    : 2016-09-26
CVE-ID  : CVE-2016-7444
Package : lib32-gnutls
Type    : certificate verification bypass
Remote  : Yes
Link    : https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/CVE

Summary
======
The package lib32-gnutls before version 3.4.15-1 is vulnerable to
certificate verification bypass.

Resolution
=========
Upgrade to 3.4.15-1.

# pacman -Syu "lib32-gnutls>=3.4.15-1"

The problem has been fixed upstream in version 3.4.15.

Workaround
=========
None.

Description
==========
Incorrect length validation on gnutls's gnutls_ocsp_resp_check_crt
method can allow an attacker to use a OCSP response for a different
certificate (but from the same CA) to continue using a revoked
certificate. This can happen if the serial from the revoked certificate
is a prefix of the other one, and the additional bytes happen to be
equal on the system doing the verification.

Impact
=====
A remote attacker is able to bypass certificate verification and
continue using a revoked certificate under certain circumstances.

References
=========
https://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnutls-devel/2016-September/008146.html
https://gitlab.com/gnutls/gnutls/-/commit/964632f37dfdfb914ebc5e49db4fa29af35b1de9
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-7444

ArchLinux: 201609-26: lib32-gnutls: certificate verification bypass

September 26, 2016

Summary

Incorrect length validation on gnutls's gnutls_ocsp_resp_check_crt method can allow an attacker to use a OCSP response for a different certificate (but from the same CA) to continue using a revoked certificate. This can happen if the serial from the revoked certificate is a prefix of the other one, and the additional bytes happen to be equal on the system doing the verification.

Resolution

Upgrade to 3.4.15-1. # pacman -Syu "lib32-gnutls>=3.4.15-1"
The problem has been fixed upstream in version 3.4.15.

References

https://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnutls-devel/2016-September/008146.html https://gitlab.com/gnutls/gnutls/-/commit/964632f37dfdfb914ebc5e49db4fa29af35b1de9 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-7444

Severity
Package : lib32-gnutls
Type : certificate verification bypass
Remote : Yes
Link : https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/CVE

Workaround

None.

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