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CVE-2009-1415
Published: Apr 30, 2009
Modified: Aug 7, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
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.
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References
gnutls-libgnutls-dos(50445)
vdb-entry
x_refsource_XF
[gnutls-devel] 20090423 Re: some crashes on using DSA keys
mailing-list
x_refsource_MLIST
[gnutls-devel] 20090430 Double free and free of invalid pointer on certain errors [GNUTLS-SA-2009-1] [CVE-2009-1415]
mailing-list
x_refsource_MLIST
gnutls-dsa-code-execution(50257)
vdb-entry
x_refsource_XF
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.encryption.gpg.gnutls.devel/3488
x_refsource_CONFIRM
gnutls-dsa-dos(50260)
vdb-entry
x_refsource_XF
ADV-2009-1218
vdb-entry
x_refsource_VUPEN
34783
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
GLSA-200905-04
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_GENTOO
1022157
vdb-entry
x_refsource_SECTRACK
34842
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
35211
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
MDVSA-2009:116
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_MANDRIVA
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