CVE-2015-6251
GnuTLS < 3.3.17 and 3.4.x < 3.4.4 - Denial of Service via Long DistinguishedName Certificate Entry
Title source: llmDescription
Double free vulnerability in GnuTLS before 3.3.17 and 3.4.x before 3.4.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a long DistinguishedName (DN) entry in a certificate.
References (10)
Core 10
Core References
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1251902
Mailing List vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-09/msg00001.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033226
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://www.gnutls.org/security.html#GNUTLS-SA-2015-3
Mailing List mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/10/1
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76267
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_fedora
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/165286.html
Patch x_refsource_confirm
https://gitlab.com/gnutls/gnutls/commit/272854367efc130fbd4f1a51840d80c630214e12
Mailing List mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/17/6
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3334
Scores
EPSS
0.0669
EPSS Percentile
91.4%
Details
Status
published
Products (22)
debian/debian_linux
8.0
gnu/gnutls
3.3.0 (2 CPE variants)
gnu/gnutls
3.3.1
gnu/gnutls
3.3.2
gnu/gnutls
3.3.3
gnu/gnutls
3.3.4
gnu/gnutls
3.3.5
gnu/gnutls
3.3.6
gnu/gnutls
3.3.7
gnu/gnutls
3.3.8
... and 12 more
Published
Aug 24, 2015
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026