Debian 8 DSA-3334-1 Critical: gnutls28 Denial Of Service Vulnerability
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August 12, 2015
Kurt Roeckx discovered that decoding a specific certificate with very long DistinguishedName (DN) entries leads to double free
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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/
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Package: gnutls28
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