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CVE-2014-3465

gnutls: gnutls_x509_dn_oid_name NULL pointer dereference

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

4.3

CVSS 2.0

Review impact separately from score.

Published · January 31, 2014

Updated · November 21, 2025

Description

The gnutls_x509_dn_oid_name function in lib/x509/common.c in GnuTLS 3.0 before 3.1.20 and 3.2.x before 3.2.10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a crafted X.509 certificate, related to a missing LDAP description for an OID when printing the DN.

Statement

This issue did not affect the versions of gnutls as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, 5, and 6.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 2.0 · 4.3
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CWE-476 · NULL Pointer Dereference