Upstream information

CVE-2016-4456 at MITRE

Description

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

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database SUSE
Base Score 5 4.9
Vector AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:N
Access Vector Network Local
Access Complexity Low Low
Authentication None None
Confidentiality Impact None None
Integrity Impact Partial Complete
Availability Impact None None
CVSS v3 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 7.5
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact None
CVSSv3 Version 3

Note from the SUSE Security Team

This problem only affected the gnutls 3.4.12 release, no other releases were affected. So no SUSE Linux Enterprise or openSUSE product is affected by this problem.

SUSE Bugzilla entry: 983471 [RESOLVED / UPSTREAM]

No SUSE Security Announcements cross referenced.


Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 gnutls Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 gnutls Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4 gnutls Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 gnutls Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1 gnutls Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 gnutls Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 11 SP3 gnutls Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 11 SP4 gnutls Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11 SP3 gnutls Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 12 SP2-CLIENT gnutls Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4-LTSS gnutls Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1-LTSS gnutls Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 gnutls Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 LTSS gnutls Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2-LTSS gnutls Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 gnutls Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 LTSS gnutls Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-LTSS gnutls Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 gnutls Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS gnutls Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 gnutls Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 gnutls Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1-LTSS gnutls Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 gnutls Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-BCL gnutls Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-ESPOS gnutls Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-LTSS gnutls Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS gnutls Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 gnutls Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP2 gnutls Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP3 gnutls Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4 gnutls Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 gnutls Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 gnutls Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 gnutls Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2 gnutls Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3 gnutls Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 gnutls Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 gnutls Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1 gnutls Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP2 gnutls Not affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7 gnutls Not affected


SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Tue Jun 7 12:50:53 2016
CVE page last modified: Tue Jul 2 19:14:41 2024