CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2021-20231

Use After Free

Published: Mar 12, 2021 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
9.8
CRITICAL
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
7.5 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
3.7 MODERATE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Ubuntu
LOW
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A flaw was found in gnutls. A use after free issue in client sending key_share extension may lead to memory corruption and other consequences.

Weakness

The product reuses or references memory after it has been freed. At some point afterward, the memory may be allocated again and saved in another pointer, while the original pointer references a location somewhere within the new allocation. Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory “belongs” to the code that operates on the new pointer.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
GnutlsGnu3.6.3 (including)3.7.1 (excluding)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8RedHatgnutls-0:3.6.16-4.el8*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8RedHatnettle-0:3.4.1-7.el8*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8RedHatgnutls-0:3.6.16-4.el8*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8RedHatnettle-0:3.4.1-7.el8*
Gnutls28Ubuntuesm-infra/focal*
Gnutls28Ubuntufocal*
Gnutls28Ubuntugroovy*
Gnutls28Ubuntutrusty*
Gnutls28Ubuntuupstream*

Potential Mitigations

References