CVE-2009-1415

Public Exploit

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.

Category

4.3
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 17.76% Top 10%
Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50445 vdb entry third party advisory
http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.encryption.gpg.gnutls.devel/3502 mailing list broken link
http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.encryption.gpg.gnutls.devel/3515 mailing list patch broken link
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50257 vdb entry third party advisory
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.encryption.gpg.gnutls.devel/3488 broken link exploit
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50260 vdb entry not applicable
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1218 vdb entry broken link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34783 vdb entry third party advisory broken link
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200905-04.xml third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022157 vdb entry third party advisory broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/34842 broken link third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35211 third party advisory broken link
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:116 vendor advisory broken link

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2009-1415?
CVE-2009-1415 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2009-1415?
To fix CVE-2009-1415, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2009-1415 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2009-1415 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~18% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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