CVE-2020-24659
An issue was discovered in GnuTLS before 3.6.15. A server can trigger a NULL pointer dereference in a TLS 1.3 client if a no_renegotiation alert is sent with unexpected timing, and then an invalid
02 Description
An issue was discovered in GnuTLS before 3.6.15. A server can trigger a NULL pointer dereference in a TLS 1.3 client if a no_renegotiation alert is sent with unexpected timing, and then an invalid
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
- 3.83% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 89.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-10-14.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. 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
- 2020-09-04 14:03Z6 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-10-14 09:35Z15 DAYS AGO
- Reserved
- 2020-08-26
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- 5ccc764d29ba7aa425e7f80b149f01ba9cf057e6f6ccd9980859663758248ce7
05 Affected products
06 References
- gitlab.comhttps://gitlab.com/gnutls/gnutls/-/issues/1071
- www.gnutls.orghttps://www.gnutls.org/security-new.html#GNUTLS-SA-2020-09-04
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-202009-01https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202009-01
- security.netapp.comhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200911-0006/
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2020-0ab6656303https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/62BUAI4FQQLG6VTKRT7SUZPGJJ4NASQ3/
- usn.ubuntu.comUSN-4491-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/4491-1/
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2020-de51ee7cc9https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AWN56FDLQQXT2D2YHNI4TYH432TDMQ7N/
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2020:1724http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00054.html
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2020:1743http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00060.html
- cert-portal.siemens.comhttps://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- gnutls28 Fixed in 3.6.15-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- gnutls28 Fixed in 3.6.15-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- gnutls28 Fixed in 3.6.15-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- gnutls28 Fixed in 3.6.13-2ubuntu1.3
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.