CVE-2017-5336

Publication date 11 January 2017

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the cdk_pk_get_keyid function in lib/opencdk/pubkey.c in GnuTLS before 3.3.26 and 3.5.x before 3.5.8 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a crafted OpenPGP certificate.

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Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
gnutls26	19.04 disco	Not in release
	18.10 cosmic	Not in release
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not in release
	17.10 artful	Not in release
	17.04 zesty	Not in release
	16.10 yakkety	Not in release
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not in release
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 2.12.23-12ubuntu2.6
	12.04 LTS precise	Fixed 2.12.14-5ubuntu3.13
gnutls28	19.04 disco	Fixed 3.5.6-4ubuntu3
	18.10 cosmic	Fixed 3.5.6-4ubuntu3
	18.04 LTS bionic	Fixed 3.5.6-4ubuntu3
	17.10 artful	Fixed 3.5.6-4ubuntu3
	17.04 zesty	Fixed 3.5.6-4ubuntu3
	16.10 yakkety	Fixed 3.5.3-5ubuntu1.1
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 3.4.10-4ubuntu1.2
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
	12.04 LTS precise	Ignored end of life

Notes

mdeslaur

reproducer https://gitlab.com/gnutls/gnutls/commit/611098e2f01fd8c3a5a625d61f26c56fcb3d770c

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
gnutls28	Upstream: 5140422 Upstream: 7dec871

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	9.8 · Critical
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-3183-1
GnuTLS vulnerabilities
1 February 2017