CVE-2009-1415

lib/pk-libgcrypt.c in libgnutls in GnuTLS before 2.6.6 does not properly handle invalid DSA signatures, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly have unspecified other impact via a malformed DSA key that triggers a (1) free of an uninitialized pointer or (2) double free.

CVSS v2.0 NVD

4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

EPSS

7.92% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 95th percentile

Published

2009-04-30

Updated

2024-08-07

ExploitDB entries (1)

• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/32964

Security advisories

• http://secunia.com/advisories/34842
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200905-04.xml
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34783
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022157
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50257
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50445
• http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.encryption.gpg.gnutls.devel/3515
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:116

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry