USN-3318-1

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3318-1
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-3318-1.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/USN-3318-1
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Published
2017-06-13T17:01:32.544509Z
Modified
2025-10-13T04:34:25Z
Summary
gnutls26, gnutls28 vulnerabilities
Details

Hubert Kario discovered that GnuTLS incorrectly handled decoding a status response TLS extension. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause GnuTLS to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only applied to Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.10 and Ubuntu 17.04. (CVE-2017-7507)

It was discovered that GnuTLS incorrectly handled decoding certain OpenPGP certificates. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause GnuTLS to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-7869)

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / gnutls26

Package

Name
gnutls26
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/gnutls26@2.12.23-12ubuntu2.8?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.12.23-12ubuntu2.8

Affected versions

2.*

2.12.23-1ubuntu4
2.12.23-1ubuntu5
2.12.23-12ubuntu1
2.12.23-12ubuntu2
2.12.23-12ubuntu2.1
2.12.23-12ubuntu2.2
2.12.23-12ubuntu2.3
2.12.23-12ubuntu2.4
2.12.23-12ubuntu2.5
2.12.23-12ubuntu2.6
2.12.23-12ubuntu2.7

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "3.0.11+really2.12.23-12ubuntu2.8",
            "binary_name": "gnutls-bin"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.12.23-12ubuntu2.8",
            "binary_name": "libgnutls-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.12.23-12ubuntu2.8",
            "binary_name": "libgnutls-openssl27"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.12.23-12ubuntu2.8",
            "binary_name": "libgnutls26"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.12.23-12ubuntu2.8",
            "binary_name": "libgnutlsxx27"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "cves": [
        {
            "id": "CVE-2017-7869",
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
                },
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "low"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:14.04:LTS"
}

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / gnutls28

Package

Name
gnutls28
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/gnutls28@3.4.10-4ubuntu1.3?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.4.10-4ubuntu1.3

Affected versions

3.*

3.3.15-5ubuntu2
3.3.18-1ubuntu1
3.3.20-1ubuntu1
3.4.9-2ubuntu1
3.4.10-4ubuntu1
3.4.10-4ubuntu1.1
3.4.10-4ubuntu1.2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "3.4.10-4ubuntu1.3",
            "binary_name": "gnutls-bin"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.4.10-4ubuntu1.3",
            "binary_name": "guile-gnutls"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.4.10-4ubuntu1.3",
            "binary_name": "libgnutls-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.4.10-4ubuntu1.3",
            "binary_name": "libgnutls-openssl27"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.4.10-4ubuntu1.3",
            "binary_name": "libgnutls28-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.4.10-4ubuntu1.3",
            "binary_name": "libgnutls30"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.4.10-4ubuntu1.3",
            "binary_name": "libgnutlsxx28"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "cves": [
        {
            "id": "CVE-2017-7507",
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
                },
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "medium"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "id": "CVE-2017-7869",
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
                },
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "low"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:16.04:LTS"
}