CVE-2008-1948

N/A Unknown
Published: May 21, 2008 Modified: April 23, 2026
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Description

The _gnutls_server_name_recv_params function in lib/ext_server_name.c in libgnutls in gnutls-serv in GnuTLS before 2.2.4 does not properly calculate the number of Server Names in a TLS 1.0 Client Hello message during extension handling, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a zero value for the length of Server Names, which leads to a buffer overflow in session resumption data in the pack_security_parameters function, aka GNUTLS-SA-2008-1-1.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30287
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/30302
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/30317
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/30324
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/30330
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/30331
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/30338
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/30355
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/31939
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/111034
Source: secalert@redhat.com
US Government Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29292
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Patch
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-613-1
Source: secalert@redhat.com
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2552
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/gnutls-devel/2008-05/msg00055.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit
http://secunia.com/advisories/30287
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/30302
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/30317
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/30324
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/30330
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/30331
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/30338
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/30355
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/31939
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200805-20.xml
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3902
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0174
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.cert.fi/haavoittuvuudet/advisory-gnutls.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1581
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/111034
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
US Government Resource
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:106
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/05/20/1
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/05/20/2
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/05/20/3
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0489.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0492.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/492282/100/0/threaded
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/492464/100/0/threaded
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29292
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020057
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-613-1
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1582/references
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1583/references
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42532
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2552
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

80 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
19.9%
95th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

Affected Vendors

gnu