CVE-2023-25824

mod_gnutls contains Infinite Loop on request read timeout

HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: February 23, 2023 at 09:45 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 05:42 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsMod GnutlsMod Gnutls

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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
SSVC
PoC

Description

Mod_gnutls is a TLS module for Apache HTTPD based on GnuTLS. Versions from 0.9.0 to 0.12.0 (including) did not properly fail blocking read operations on TLS connections when the transport hit timeouts. Instead it entered an endless loop retrying the read operation, consuming CPU resources. This could be exploited for denial of service attacks. If trace level logging was enabled, it would also produce an excessive amount of log output during the loop, consuming disk space. The problem has been fixed in commit d7eec4e598158ab6a98bf505354e84352f9715ec, please update to version 0.12.1. There are no workarounds, users who cannot update should apply the errno fix detailed in the security advisory.

Affected

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

0.9.0 ≤ v < 0.12.1
Affected range stops below 0.12.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < 0.12.1
Affected range stops below 0.12.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCPoCAutomatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

7.5HIGHGitHub_M
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-835

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