CVE-2023-25824
HIGHmod_gnutls 0.9.0-0.12.0 - Denial of Service via TLS Read Operation Timeout
Title source: llmDescription
Mod_gnutls is a TLS module for Apache HTTPD based on GnuTLS. Versions from 0.9.0 to 0.12.0 (including) did not properly fail blocking read operations on TLS connections when the transport hit timeouts. Instead it entered an endless loop retrying the read operation, consuming CPU resources. This could be exploited for denial of service attacks. If trace level logging was enabled, it would also produce an excessive amount of log output during the loop, consuming disk space. The problem has been fixed in commit d7eec4e598158ab6a98bf505354e84352f9715ec, please update to version 0.12.1. There are no workarounds, users who cannot update should apply the errno fix detailed in the security advisory.
References (3)
Core 3
Core References
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/airtower-luna/mod_gnutls/security/advisories/GHSA-6cfv-fvgm-7pc8
Patch x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/airtower-luna/mod_gnutls/commit/d7eec4e598158ab6a98bf505354e84352f9715ec
Exploit, Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Mitigation, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=942737#25
Scores
CVSS v3
7.5
EPSS
0.0109
EPSS Percentile
61.0%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
poc
Automatable
yes
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-835
Status
published
Products (1)
mod_gnutls_project/mod_gnutls
0.9.0 - 0.12.1
Published
Feb 23, 2023
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026