USN-5029-1

Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5029-1
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-5029-1.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/USN-5029-1
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Related
Published
2021-08-02T17:25:02.177859Z
Modified
2025-10-13T04:35:35Z
Summary
gnutls28 vulnerabilities
Details

It was discovered that GnuTLS incorrectly handled sending certain extensions when being used as a client. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause GnuTLS to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS / gnutls28

Package

Name
gnutls28
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/gnutls28@3.6.13-2ubuntu1.6?arch=source&distro=focal

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.6.13-2ubuntu1.6

Affected versions

3.*

3.6.9-5ubuntu1
3.6.9-5ubuntu2
3.6.10-5
3.6.11.1-2
3.6.11.1-2ubuntu2
3.6.13-2ubuntu1
3.6.13-2ubuntu1.1
3.6.13-2ubuntu1.2
3.6.13-2ubuntu1.3

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "3.6.13-2ubuntu1.6",
            "binary_name": "gnutls-bin"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.6.13-2ubuntu1.6",
            "binary_name": "guile-gnutls"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.6.13-2ubuntu1.6",
            "binary_name": "libgnutls-dane0"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.6.13-2ubuntu1.6",
            "binary_name": "libgnutls-openssl27"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.6.13-2ubuntu1.6",
            "binary_name": "libgnutls28-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.6.13-2ubuntu1.6",
            "binary_name": "libgnutls30"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.6.13-2ubuntu1.6",
            "binary_name": "libgnutlsxx28"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "cves": [
        {
            "id": "CVE-2021-20231",
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
                },
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "low"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "id": "CVE-2021-20232",
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
                },
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "low"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:20.04:LTS"
}