CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2019-3829

Double Free

Published: Mar 27, 2019 | Modified: Nov 07, 2023
CVSS 3.x
7.5
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
5.3 MODERATE
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Ubuntu
MEDIUM

A vulnerability was found in gnutls versions from 3.5.8 before 3.6.7. A memory corruption (double free) vulnerability in the certificate verification API. Any client or server application that verifies X.509 certificates with GnuTLS 3.5.8 or later is affected.

Weakness

The product calls free() twice on the same memory address, potentially leading to modification of unexpected memory locations.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Gnutls Gnu 3.5.8 (including) 3.6.7 (excluding)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 RedHat gnutls-0:3.6.8-8.el8 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 RedHat gnutls-0:3.6.8-8.el8 *
Gnutls28 Ubuntu bionic *
Gnutls28 Ubuntu cosmic *
Gnutls28 Ubuntu disco *
Gnutls28 Ubuntu upstream *

Potential Mitigations

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