CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2021-4209

NULL Pointer Dereference

Published: Aug 24, 2022 | Modified: Oct 27, 2022
CVSS 3.x
6.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
6.5 LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Ubuntu
LOW

A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in GnuTLS. As Nettles hash update functions internally call memcpy, providing zero-length input may cause undefined behavior. This flaw leads to a denial of service after authentication in rare circumstances.

Weakness

A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Gnutls Gnu * 3.7.3 (excluding)
Gnutls26 Ubuntu precise/esm *
Gnutls26 Ubuntu trusty *
Gnutls26 Ubuntu trusty/esm *
Gnutls28 Ubuntu bionic *
Gnutls28 Ubuntu esm-infra/xenial *
Gnutls28 Ubuntu focal *
Gnutls28 Ubuntu impish *
Gnutls28 Ubuntu trusty *
Gnutls28 Ubuntu upstream *
Gnutls28 Ubuntu xenial *

Potential Mitigations

References