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
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
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.