CVE-2015-6251 (GCVE-0-2015-6251)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2015-08-24 14:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 07:15
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Summary
Double free vulnerability in GnuTLS before 3.3.17 and 3.4.x before 3.4.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a long DistinguishedName (DN) entry in a certificate.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2015-08-10 00:00
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