CVE-2019-3829

Public Exploit

Description

A vulnerability was found in gnutls versions from 3.5.8 before 3.6.7. A memory corruption (double free) vulnerability in the certificate verification API. Any client or server application that verifies X.509 certificates with GnuTLS 3.5.8 or later is affected.

Categories

5.3
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 2.57% Top 20%
Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory gnutls.org
Affected: gnutls gnutls
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://www.gnutls.org/security-new.html#GNUTLS-SA-2019-03-27 exploit patch vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3829 issue tracking third party advisory
https://gitlab.com/gnutls/gnutls/issues/694 exploit third party advisory patch
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WRSOL66LHP4SD3Y2ECJDOGT4K663ECDU/ vendor advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/L7TJIBRJWGWSH6XIO2MXIQ3W6ES4R6I4/ vendor advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/A3ETBUFBB4G7AITAOUYPGXVMBGVXKUAN/ vendor advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-14 vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00017.html vendor advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3999-1/ vendor advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190619-0004/
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3600 vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2019-3829?
CVE-2019-3829 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2019-3829?
To fix CVE-2019-3829, 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-2019-3829 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2019-3829 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~3% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
What software or system is affected by CVE-2019-3829?
CVE-2019-3829 affects gnutls gnutls.
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