CVE-2013-1619 Information disclosure in n/a

Medium 4.0 Published Updated

Remote attackers can recover plaintext from TLS connections by analyzing timing side-channels in GnuTLS MAC checks, exposing sensitive data.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2013-1619?

CVE-2013-1619 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gnu Gnutls, published on 8 Feb 2013. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The TLS implementation in GnuTLS before 2.12.23, 3.0.x before 3.0.28, and 3.1.x before 3.1.7 does not properly consider timing side-channel attacks on a noncompliant MAC check operation during the processing of malformed CBC padding, which allows remote attackers to conduct distinguishing attacks and plaintext-recovery attacks via statistical analysis of timing data for crafted packets, a related issue to CVE-2013-0169.

Weakness: CWE-310

Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-1619?

It affects 1 product.

Linux distribution packages (24)
gnutls Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::serverAll versions0:1.4.1-10.el5_9.1
gnutls-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::serverAll versions0:1.4.1-10.el5_9.1
gnutls-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::serverAll versions0:1.4.1-10.el5_9.1
gnutls-utils Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::serverAll versions0:1.4.1-10.el5_9.1
gnutls Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::clientAll versions0:2.8.5-10.el6_4.1
gnutls-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::clientAll versions0:2.8.5-10.el6_4.1
gnutls-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::clientAll versions0:2.8.5-10.el6_4.1
gnutls-guile Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::clientAll versions0:2.8.5-10.el6_4.1
gnutls-utils Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::clientAll versions0:2.8.5-10.el6_4.1
gnutls Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenodeAll versions0:2.8.5-10.el6_4.1
gnutls-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenodeAll versions0:2.8.5-10.el6_4.1
gnutls-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenodeAll versions0:2.8.5-10.el6_4.1
gnutls-guile Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenodeAll versions0:2.8.5-10.el6_4.1
gnutls-utils Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenodeAll versions0:2.8.5-10.el6_4.1
gnutls Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::serverAll versions0:2.8.5-10.el6_4.1
gnutls-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::serverAll versions0:2.8.5-10.el6_4.1
gnutls-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::serverAll versions0:2.8.5-10.el6_4.1
gnutls-guile Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::serverAll versions0:2.8.5-10.el6_4.1
gnutls-utils Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::serverAll versions0:2.8.5-10.el6_4.1
gnutls Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstationAll versions0:2.8.5-10.el6_4.1
gnutls-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstationAll versions0:2.8.5-10.el6_4.1
gnutls-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstationAll versions0:2.8.5-10.el6_4.1
gnutls-guile Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstationAll versions0:2.8.5-10.el6_4.1
gnutls-utils Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstationAll versions0:2.8.5-10.el6_4.1

Products include Gnu Gnutls.

How do I fix CVE-2013-1619?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2013-1619 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-1619 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Gnu Gnutls vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2013-1619, GHSA-qmwj-552p-59h4, RHSA-2013:0588.

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