ubuntu-cve-2024-28835
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2024-03-21 06:15
Modified
2026-04-22 07:48
Summary
Details

A flaw has been discovered in GnuTLS where an application crash can be induced when attempting to verify a specially crafted .pem bundle using the "certtool --verify-chain" command.

Severity
5.0 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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  "aliases": [],
  "details": "A flaw has been discovered in GnuTLS where an application crash can be induced when attempting to verify a specially crafted .pem bundle using the \"certtool --verify-chain\" command.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2024-28835",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:48:46Z",
  "published": "2024-03-21T06:15:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-28835"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnutls-help/2024-March/004845.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.gnutls.org/security-new.html#GNUTLS-SA-2024-01-23"
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      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-28835"
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      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-28835"
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    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6733-1"
    },
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      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6733-2"
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      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
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      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
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  ]
}



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