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...
- Published
- Apr 30, 2009
- Updated
- Aug 7, 2024
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Evidence observed
- Apr 30, 2009
Primary CVSS
nvd · CVSS 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:PLow · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 94.6%
- Model date
- Sep 21, 2026
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Summary
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.
Sources
1- GnuTLS 2.6.x - libgnutls lib/pk-libgcrypt.c Malformed DSA Key Handling Remote Denial of ServiceExploit
Miroslav Kratochvil · linux · Apr 30, 2009
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