#VU7655 Security restrictions bypass in Gnu - CVE-2016-7444
Published: August 2, 2017
Vulnerability identifier: #VU7655
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-7444
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Gnu
Gnu
Software vendor:
GNU
GNU
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to bypass security restrictions on the target system.
The weakness exists due to insufficient validation of the serial length of an OCSP response by the gnutls_ocsp_resp_check_crt function in the lib/x509/ocsp.c code. A remote attacker can bypass certificate validation and conduct further attacks.
The weakness exists due to insufficient validation of the serial length of an OCSP response by the gnutls_ocsp_resp_check_crt function in the lib/x509/ocsp.c code. A remote attacker can bypass certificate validation and conduct further attacks.
Remediation
Update to version 3.4.15 or 3.5.4.