CVE-2009-1415 (GCVE-0-2009-1415)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2009-04-30 20:00
Modified
2024-08-07 05:13
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
lib/pk-libgcrypt.c in libgnutls in GnuTLS before 2.6.6 does not properly handle invalid DSA signatures, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly have unspecified other impact via a malformed DSA key that triggers a (1) free of an uninitialized pointer or (2) double free.
References
cve@mitre.org http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.encryption.gpg.gnutls.devel/3515 Broken Link, Patch
cve@mitre.org http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.encryption.gpg.gnutls.devel/3502 Broken Link
cve@mitre.org http://secunia.com/advisories/34842 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.org http://secunia.com/advisories/35211 Broken Link
cve@mitre.org http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200905-04.xml Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.encryption.gpg.gnutls.devel/3488 Broken Link, Exploit
cve@mitre.org http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:116 Broken Link
cve@mitre.org http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34783 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.org http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022157 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.org http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1218 Broken Link
cve@mitre.org https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50257 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.org https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50260 Not Applicable
cve@mitre.org https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50445 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.encryption.gpg.gnutls.devel/3515 Broken Link, Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.encryption.gpg.gnutls.devel/3502 Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://secunia.com/advisories/34842 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://secunia.com/advisories/35211 Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200905-04.xml Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.encryption.gpg.gnutls.devel/3488 Broken Link, Exploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:116 Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34783 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022157 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1218 Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50257 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50260 Not Applicable
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50445 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
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  • Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
  • Exploited: This vulnerability was exploited and seen by the user reporting the sighting.
  • Patched: This vulnerability was successfully patched by the user reporting the sighting.
  • Not exploited: This vulnerability was not exploited or seen by the user reporting the sighting.
  • Not confirmed: The user expresses doubt about the veracity of the vulnerability.
  • Not patched: This vulnerability was not successfully patched by the user reporting the sighting.