CVE-2019-3836
MEDIUM
5.9
CVSS Score
Published: April 1, 2019 at 02:16 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:35 AM UTC
4 products affected across 4 vendorsFedoraLeapGnutls
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Severity
MEDIUM5.9
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%
Description
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
95%
3.6.3 ≤ v < 3.6.7
Affected range stops below 3.6.7, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Leap· openSUSEdrupal
95%Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00017.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3600
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/A3ETBUFBB4G7AITAOUYPGXVMBGVXKUAN/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-14
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3999-1/
References (8)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00017.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3600x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3836x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://gitlab.com/gnutls/gnutls/issues/704Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/A3ETBUFBB4G7AITAOUYPGXVMBGVXKUAN/Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-14x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190502-0005/CVSS
5.9MEDIUMredhat
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- HIGH
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-456CWE-824
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