SB2026021061 - Fedora 42 update for gnutls 

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SB2026021061 - Fedora 42 update for gnutls

Published: February 10, 2026

Security Bulletin ID SB2026021061
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Release of invalid pointer or reference (CVE-ID: CVE-2026-1584)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to invalid pointer access in TLS 1.3 implementation. A remote attacker can send an invalid PSK binder value in ClientHello message and perform a denial of service attack. 


2) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-14831)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources when verifying certificates with a large amount of name constraints. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References