CVE-2019-3836 (GCVE-0-2019-3836)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-04-01 14:16 – Updated: 2024-08-04 19:19
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Summary
It was discovered in gnutls before version 3.6.7 upstream that there is an uninitialized pointer access in gnutls versions 3.6.3 or later which can be triggered by certain post-handshake messages.
Severity
5.9 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
Assigner
redhat CNA under the redhat root
CNA scorecard B 82/100 over 1021 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
gnutls gnutls Affected: fixed in gnutls 3.6.7
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