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Debian Security Advisory DSA-3334-1                   security@debian.org
https://www.debian.org/security/                     Salvatore Bonaccorso
August 12, 2015                       https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package        : gnutls28
CVE ID         : not yet available
Debian Bug     : 795068

Kurt Roeckx discovered that decoding a specific certificate with very
long DistinguishedName (DN) entries leads to double free. A remote
attacker can take advantage of this flaw by creating a specially crafted
certificate that, when processed by an application compiled against
GnuTLS, could cause the application to crash resulting in a denial of
service.

For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in
version 3.3.8-6+deb8u2.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 3.3.17-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your gnutls28 packages.

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/

Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org

Debian: DSA-3334-1: gnutls28 security update

August 12, 2015
Kurt Roeckx discovered that decoding a specific certificate with very long DistinguishedName (DN) entries leads to double free

Summary

For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in
version 3.3.8-6+deb8u2.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 3.3.17-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your gnutls28 packages.

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/

Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org

Severity
Kurt Roeckx discovered that decoding a specific certificate with very
long DistinguishedName (DN) entries leads to double free. A remote
attacker can take advantage of this flaw by creating a specially crafted
certificate that, when processed by an application compiled against
GnuTLS, could cause the application to crash resulting in a denial of
service.

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