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CVE-2015-6251

Publication date 24 August 2015

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

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.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
gnutls26 19.04 disco Not in release
18.10 cosmic Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
17.10 artful Not in release
17.04 zesty Not in release
16.10 yakkety Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
15.10 wily Not in release
15.04 vivid Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected
12.04 LTS precise
Not affected
gnutls28 19.04 disco
Fixed 3.3.15-5ubuntu2
18.10 cosmic
Fixed 3.3.15-5ubuntu2
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 3.3.15-5ubuntu2
17.10 artful
Fixed 3.3.15-5ubuntu2
17.04 zesty
Fixed 3.3.15-5ubuntu2
16.10 yakkety
Fixed 3.3.15-5ubuntu2
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 3.3.15-5ubuntu2
15.10 wily
Fixed 3.3.15-5ubuntu2
15.04 vivid
Fixed 3.3.8-3ubuntu3.1
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
12.04 LTS precise
Not affected

Notes

tyhicks

introduced in 3.1.10

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package Patch details
gnutls28