CVE-2013-4466

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2013-4466  

Buffer overflow in the dane_query_tlsa function in the DANE library (libdane) in GnuTLS 3.1.x before 3.1.15 and 3.2.x before 3.2.5 allows remote servers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a response with more than four DANE entries.

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

Buffer overflow in the dane_query_tlsa function in the DANE library (libdane) in GnuTLS 3.1.x before 3.1.15 and 3.2.x before 3.2.5 allows remote servers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a response with more than four DANE entries.

Find out more about CVE-2013-4466 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of gnutls as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6 as they did not include support for DANE protocol.

CVSS v2 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score 6.8
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial

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Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 gnutls Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 gnutls Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 mingw32-gnutls Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 gnutls Not affected