Vulnerability · Published Aug 1, 2022 · Assigned by redhat
CVE-2022-2509
High 7.5
In plain English
A high-severity double free in GnuTLS. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 2.3% (higher than 83% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.5High
Exploit odds (30 days)2.3%top 16.9% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
A vulnerability found in gnutls. This security flaw happens because of a double free error occurs during verification of pkcs7 signatures in gnutls_pkcs7_verify function.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| AlmaLinux:8 | gnutls | 3.6.16-5.el8_6 | ALSA-2022:7105 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | gnutls | 3.7.6-12.el9_0 | ALSA-2022:6854 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | gnutls-c++ | 3.6.16-5.el8_6 | ALSA-2022:7105 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | gnutls-c++ | 3.7.6-12.el9_0 | ALSA-2022:6854 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | gnutls-dane | 3.6.16-5.el8_6 | ALSA-2022:7105 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | gnutls-dane | 3.7.6-12.el9_0 | ALSA-2022:6854 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | gnutls-devel | 3.6.16-5.el8_6 | ALSA-2022:7105 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | gnutls-devel | 3.7.6-12.el9_0 | ALSA-2022:6854 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | gnutls-utils | 3.6.16-5.el8_6 | ALSA-2022:7105 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | gnutls-utils | 3.7.6-12.el9_0 | ALSA-2022:6854 |
| Alpine:v3.20 | gnutls | 3.7.7-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2022-2509 |
| Alpine:v3.21 | gnutls | 3.7.7-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2022-2509 |
| Alpine:v3.22 | gnutls | 3.7.7-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2022-2509 |
| Alpine:v3.23 | gnutls | 3.7.7-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2022-2509 |
| Alpine:v3.24 | gnutls | 3.7.7-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2022-2509 |
| Debian:12 | gnutls28 | 3.7.7-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-2509 |
| Debian:13 | gnutls28 | 3.7.7-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-2509 |
| Debian:14 | gnutls28 | 3.7.7-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-2509 |
| Rocky Linux:8 | gnutls | 0:3.6.16-5.el8_6 | RLSA-2022:7105 |
| Rocky Linux:9 | gnutls | 0:3.7.6-12.el9_0 | RLSA-2022:6854 |
| Rocky Linux:9 | nettle | 0:3.8-3.el9_0 | RLSA-2022:6854 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | gnutls28 | 3.7.3-4ubuntu1.1 | USN-5550-1 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | gnutls28 | 3.7.3-4ubuntu1.1 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-2509 |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-415 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-2509 x_refsource_MISC
- https://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnutls-help/2022-July/004746.html x_refsource_MISC
- DSA-5203 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN
- [debian-lts-announce] 20220812 [SECURITY] [DLA 3070-1] gnutls28 security update mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
- FEDORA-2022-5470992bfc vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html