CVE-2005-1431 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in GnuTLS via malformed packet parsing, affecting applications using the library.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2005-1431?
CVE-2005-1431 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Gnu Gnutls, published on 3 May 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The "record packet parsing" in GnuTLS 1.2 before 1.2.3 and 1.0 before 1.0.25 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, possibly related to padding bytes in gnutils_cipher.c.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-1431?
It affects 1 product.
Linux distribution packages (12)
gnutls Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:1.0.20-3.2.1 |
gnutls-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:1.0.20-3.2.1 |
gnutls-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:1.0.20-3.2.1 |
gnutls Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 0:1.0.20-3.2.1 |
gnutls-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 0:1.0.20-3.2.1 |
gnutls-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 0:1.0.20-3.2.1 |
gnutls Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es | All versions | 0:1.0.20-3.2.1 |
gnutls-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es | All versions | 0:1.0.20-3.2.1 |
gnutls-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es | All versions | 0:1.0.20-3.2.1 |
gnutls Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws | All versions | 0:1.0.20-3.2.1 |
gnutls-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws | All versions | 0:1.0.20-3.2.1 |
gnutls-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws | All versions | 0:1.0.20-3.2.1 |
Products include Gnu Gnutls.
How do I fix CVE-2005-1431?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2005-1431 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-1431 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Gnu Gnutls
Sources
Also known as GHSA-mcj4-5q8p-wx2v, RHSA-2005:430.