CVE-2023-25824
Publication date 23 February 2023
Last updated 24 July 2024
Ubuntu priority
Cvss 3 Severity Score
Mod_gnutls is a TLS module for Apache HTTPD based on GnuTLS. Versions from 0.9.0 to 0.12.0 (including) did not properly fail blocking read operations on TLS connections when the transport hit timeouts. Instead it entered an endless loop retrying the read operation, consuming CPU resources. This could be exploited for denial of service attacks. If trace level logging was enabled, it would also produce an excessive amount of log output during the loop, consuming disk space. The problem has been fixed in commit d7eec4e598158ab6a98bf505354e84352f9715ec, please update to version 0.12.1. There are no workarounds, users who cannot update should apply the errno fix detailed in the security advisory.
Status
Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
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mod-gnutls | 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
24.04 LTS noble | Not in release | |
22.04 LTS jammy |
Vulnerable
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20.04 LTS focal |
Vulnerable
|
|
18.04 LTS bionic |
Not affected
|
|
16.04 LTS xenial |
Not affected
|
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14.04 LTS trusty | Ignored end of standard support |
Severity score breakdown
Parameter | Value |
---|---|
Base score | 7.5 · High |
Attack vector | Network |
Attack complexity | Low |
Privileges required | None |
User interaction | None |
Scope | Unchanged |
Confidentiality | None |
Integrity impact | None |
Availability impact | High |
Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
References
Other references
- https://github.com/airtower-luna/mod_gnutls/security/advisories/GHSA-6cfv-fvgm-7pc8
- https://github.com/airtower-luna/mod_gnutls/commit/d7eec4e598158ab6a98bf505354e84352f9715ec (mod_gnutls/0.12.1)
- https://github.com/airtower-luna/mod_gnutls/commit/d7eec4e598158ab6a98bf505354e84352f9715ec
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=942737#25
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-25824