CVE-2012-1573 Information

Description

gnutls_cipher.c in libgnutls in GnuTLS before 2.12.17 and 3.x before 3.0.15 does not properly handle data encrypted with a block cipher which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted record as demonstrated by a crafted GenericBlockCipher structure.

Reference

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-03/0099.html http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.encryption.gpg.gnutls.devel/5910 http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.encryption.gpg.gnutls.devel/5912 http://blog.mudynamics.com/2012/03/20/gnutls-and-libtasn1-vulns/ http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=gnutls.git;a=commit;h=422214868061370aeeb0ac9cd0f021a5c350a57d http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=gnutls.git;a=commit;h=b495740f2ff66550ca9395b3fda3ea32c3acb185 http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/077071.html http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-March/076496.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00001.html http://osvdb.org/80259 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0429.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0488.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0531.html http://secunia.com/advisories/48488 http://secunia.com/advisories/48511 http://secunia.com/advisories/48596 http://secunia.com/advisories/48712 http://secunia.com/advisories/57260 http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2441 http://www.gnu.org/software/gnutls/security.html http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:040 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/21/4 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/21/5 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52667 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026828 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1418-1 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=805432