CVE-2011-4128

N/A Unknown
Published: December 08, 2011 Modified: April 29, 2026
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Description

Buffer overflow in the gnutls_session_get_data function in lib/gnutls_session.c in GnuTLS 2.12.x before 2.12.14 and 3.x before 3.0.7, when used on a client that performs nonstandard session resumption, allows remote TLS servers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a large SessionTicket.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.encryption.gpg.gnutls.devel/5596
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=gnutls.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=190cef6eed37d0e73a73c1e205eb31d45ab60a3c
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=gnutls.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=e82ef4545e9e98cbcb032f55d7c750b81e3a0450
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/077071.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/09/2
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/09/4
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0429.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0488.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0531.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/48596
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/48712
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.gnu.org/software/gnutls/security.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:045
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1418-1
Source: secalert@redhat.com
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=752308
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.encryption.gpg.gnutls.devel/5596
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=gnutls.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=190cef6eed37d0e73a73c1e205eb31d45ab60a3c
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=gnutls.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=e82ef4545e9e98cbcb032f55d7c750b81e3a0450
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/077071.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/09/2
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/09/4
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0429.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0488.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0531.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/48596
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/48712
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.gnu.org/software/gnutls/security.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:045
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1418-1
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=752308
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
2.4%
82th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-119

Affected Vendors

gnu

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