CVE-2024-28835

A flaw has been discovered in GnuTLS where an application crash can be induced when attempting to verify a specially crafted .pem bundle using the "certtool --verify-chain" command.

CVSS v3 5.0 MEDIUM

5.0^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.3 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1879
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2570
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2889
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-28835
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2269084
https://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnutls-help/2024-March/004845.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/22/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/22/2
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1879
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2570
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2889
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-28835
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2269084
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/09/msg00019.html
https://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnutls-help/2024-March/004845.html
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20241122-0009/

Configurations

No configuration.

History

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Information

Published : 2024-03-21 06:15

Updated : 2026-07-03 03:16

NVD link : CVE-2024-28835

Mitre link : CVE-2024-28835

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2024-28835

JSON object : View

Products Affected

No product.

CWE

CWE-248

Uncaught Exception

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