CVE-2008-1950
Integer signedness error in the _gnutls_ciphertext2compressed function in lib/gnutls_cipher.c in libgnutls in GnuTLS before 2.2.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer over-read and crash) via a certain integer value in the Random field in an encrypted Client Hello message within a TLS record with an invalid Record Length, which leads to an invalid cipher padding length, aka GNUTLS-SA-2008-1-3.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-189
- EPSS score
- 5.0% (92th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-1948)
- Published
- May 21, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-1948 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- gnu / gnutls
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References
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=gnutls.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=bc8102405fda11ea00ca3b42acc4f4bce9d6e97b
- http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/gnutls-devel/2008-05/msg00051.html(Patch)
- http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/gnutls-devel/2008-05/msg00055.html
- http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/gnutls-devel/2008-05/msg00060.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-09/msg00003.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30287
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30302
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30317
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30324
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30330
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30331
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30338
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30355
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31939
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200805-20.xml
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3902
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=600646&group_id=21558
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0174
- http://www.cert.fi/haavoittuvuudet/advisory-gnutls.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1581
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/659209(US Government Resource)
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:106
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/05/20/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/05/20/2(Patch)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/05/20/3
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0489.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0492.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/492282/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/492464/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29292
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020059
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-613-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1582/references
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1583/references
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42533
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2552
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11393
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00487.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00590.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00615.html
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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