Unscored severity · published Aug 24, 2015
CVE-2015-6251
Double free vulnerability in GnuTLS before 3.3.17 and 3.4.x before 3.4.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a long DistinguishedName (DN) entry in a…
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CVSS
19%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Double free vulnerability in GnuTLS before 3.3.17 and 3.4.x before 3.4.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a long DistinguishedName (DN) entry in a certificate.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)19.0% · higher than 97% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
8.0 · source: NVD
GN
Gnutls · Gnu
3.3.0; 3.3.0; 3.3.1; 3.3.2; 3.3.3; 3.3.4; +16 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-6251
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-6251
lists.fedoraproject.org
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/165286.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-09/msg00001.html
www.debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3334
Vendor Advisory
http://www.gnutls.org/security.html#GNUTLS-SA-2015-3
www.openwall.com
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/10/1
www.openwall.com
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/17/6
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