CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2021-20232

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

A flaw was found in gnutls. A use after free issue in client_send_params in lib/ext/pre_shared_key.c may lead to memory corruption and other potential 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 Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory “belongs” to the code that operates on the new pointer.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

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Gnutls Gnu 3.6.3 (including) 3.7.1 (excluding)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 RedHat gnutls-0:3.6.16-4.el8 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 RedHat nettle-0:3.4.1-7.el8 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 RedHat gnutls-0:3.6.16-4.el8 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 RedHat nettle-0:3.4.1-7.el8 *
Gnutls28 Ubuntu esm-infra/focal *
Gnutls28 Ubuntu focal *
Gnutls28 Ubuntu groovy *
Gnutls28 Ubuntu trusty *
Gnutls28 Ubuntu upstream *

Potential Mitigations

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