01 Record
CVE-2008-1950
Integer signedness error in the _gnutls_ciphertext2compressed function in lib/gnutls_cipher.c in libgnutls in GnuTLS before 2.2.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer over-read
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: redhat
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
Integer signedness error in the _gnutls_ciphertext2compressed function in lib/gnutls_cipher.c in libgnutls in GnuTLS before 2.2.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer over-read
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 4.95% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 91.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2008-05-21 10:00Z18 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 08:41Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2008-04-24
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 5a4ab74457e3ab0d08afe98149ca72cc32d46dba011776aa26b15ed7fef1dd1d
05 Affected products
06 References
- secunia.com30331http://secunia.com/advisories/30331
- secunia.com31939http://secunia.com/advisories/31939
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-613-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-613-1
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SA:2008:046http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-09/msg00003.html
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2008:0492http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0492.html
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20080520 Re: CVE ID request: GNUTLShttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/05/20/1
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-200805-20http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200805-20.xml
- secunia.com30355http://secunia.com/advisories/30355
- secunia.com30317http://secunia.com/advisories/30317
- www.securityfocus.com20080520 Vulnerability Advisory on GnuTLShttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/492282/100/0/threaded
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2008:0489http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0489.html
- www.securityfocus.com20080522 rPSA-2008-0174-1 gnutlshttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/492464/100/0/threaded
- lists.gnu.org[gnutls-devel] 20080519 GnuTLS 2.2.4 - Security release [GNUTLS-SA-2008-1]http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/gnutls-devel/2008-05/msg00051.html
- sourceforge.nethttp://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=600646&group_id=21558
- secunia.com30324http://secunia.com/advisories/30324
- secunia.com30302http://secunia.com/advisories/30302
- lists.gnu.org[gnutls-devel] 20080519 Re: GnuTLS 2.2.4 - Security release [GNUTLS-SA-2008-1]http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/gnutls-devel/2008-05/msg00055.html
- www.vupen.comADV-2008-1583http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1583/references
- www.securityfocus.com29292http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29292
- www.redhat.comFEDORA-2008-4274https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00615.html
- secunia.com30330http://secunia.com/advisories/30330
- www.securitytracker.com1020059http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020059
- www.vupen.comADV-2008-1582http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1582/references
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20080520 Re: CVE ID request: GNUTLShttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/05/20/3
- www.kb.cert.orgVU#659209http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/659209
- wiki.rpath.comhttp://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0174
- secunia.com30338http://secunia.com/advisories/30338
- lists.gnu.org[gnutls-devel] 20080519 GnuTLS 2.2.5 - Brown paper bag releasehttp://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/gnutls-devel/2008-05/msg00060.html
- www.debian.orgDSA-1581http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1581
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20080520 Re: CVE ID request: GNUTLShttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/05/20/2
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comgnutls-gnutlsciphertext2compressed-bo(42533)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42533
- www.redhat.comFEDORA-2008-4259https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00590.html
- securityreason.com3902http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3902
- issues.rpath.comhttps://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2552
- secunia.com30287http://secunia.com/advisories/30287
- git.savannah.gnu.orghttp://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=gnutls.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=bc8102405fda11ea00ca3b42acc4f4bce9d6e97b
- www.cert.fihttp://www.cert.fi/haavoittuvuudet/advisory-gnutls.html
- www.redhat.comFEDORA-2008-4183https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00487.html
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:11393https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11393
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2008:106http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:106