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CVE-2016-4456

Published: 8 August 2017

The "GNUTLS_KEYLOGFILE" environment variable in gnutls 3.4.12 allows remote attackers to overwrite and corrupt arbitrary files in the filesystem.

Notes

AuthorNote
mdeslaur 
introduced in 3.4.12

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
gnutls28
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian 		precise Not vulnerable

trusty Does not exist
(trusty was not-affected)
upstream
Released (3.4.13-1)
wily Not vulnerable

xenial Not vulnerable

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.5
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact High
Availability impact None
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

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