CVE-2014-3465 Null dereference in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service via a crafted X.509 certificate due to a NULL pointer dereference in GnuTLS.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2014-3465?
CVE-2014-3465 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gnu Gnutls, published on 10 Jun 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The gnutls_x509_dn_oid_name function in lib/x509/common.c in GnuTLS 3.0 before 3.1.20 and 3.2.x before 3.2.10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a crafted X.509 certificate, related to a missing LDAP description for an OID when printing the DN.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-3465?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Gnu Gnutls.
How do I fix CVE-2014-3465?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2014-3465 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-3465 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Gnu Gnutls
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2014-3465, GHSA-g8hv-44v8-257w.