CVE-2009-1415

lib/pk-libgcrypt.c in libgnutls in GnuTLS before 2.6.6 does not properly handle invalid DSA signatures, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly have unspecified other impact via a malformed DSA key that triggers a (1) free of an uninitialized pointer or (2) double free.

Score

CVSS 2.0 4.3 Medium

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2009-04-30

Last modified

2024-08-07

Weaknesses

CWE-824

Affected products

• Gnutls (Gnu)

References

• http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.encryption.gpg.gnutls.devel/3515
• http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.encryption.gpg.gnutls.devel/3502
• http://secunia.com/advisories/34842
• http://secunia.com/advisories/35211
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200905-04.xml
• http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.encryption.gpg.gnutls.devel/3488
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:116
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34783
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022157
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1218
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50257
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50260
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50445