SB2017060824 - Fedora 26 update for mingw-gnutls



SB2017060824 - Fedora 26 update for mingw-gnutls

Published: June 8, 2017 Updated: April 24, 2025

Security Bulletin ID SB2017060824
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Null pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-7507)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.

The weakness exists due to NULL pointer dereference while decoding a status response TLS extension with valid contents. A remote attacker can send specially crafted status_request extension in a ClientHello message to cause the GnuTLS server application to crash.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in denial of service.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.