CVE-2020-11501

HIGH
7.4
CVSS Score
Published: April 3, 2020 at 12:42 PM UTC
Updated: October 14, 2026 at 09:17 AM UTC
6 products affected across 6 vendorsDebian LinuxFedoraUbuntu Linux

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Severity
HIGH7.4
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%

Description

GnuTLS 3.6.x before 3.6.13 uses incorrect cryptography for DTLS. The earliest affected version is 3.6.3 (2018-07-16) because of an error in a 2017-10-06 commit. The DTLS client always uses 32 '\0' bytes instead of a random value, and thus contributes no randomness to a DTLS negotiation. This breaks the security guarantees of the DTLS protocol.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

3.6.3 ≤ v < 3.6.13
Affected range stops below 3.6.13, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
All versions

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
HIGH
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-330

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