CVE-2009-1415

critical

Description

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.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50445

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50260

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50257

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200905-04.xml

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2009-04-30

Updated: 2024-11-21

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical