UBUNTU-CVE-2015-6251

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-6251
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-6251.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-6251
Upstream
Related
  • USN-2727-1
Published
2015-08-24T00:00:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:43:26Z
Severity
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

Double free vulnerability in GnuTLS before 3.3.17 and 3.4.x before 3.4.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a long DistinguishedName (DN) entry in a certificate.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / gnutls28

Package

Name
gnutls28
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/gnutls28@3.3.15-5ubuntu2?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.3.15-5ubuntu2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "3.3.15-5ubuntu2",
            "binary_name": "gnutls-bin"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.3.15-5ubuntu2",
            "binary_name": "guile-gnutls"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.3.15-5ubuntu2",
            "binary_name": "libgnutls-deb0-28"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.3.15-5ubuntu2",
            "binary_name": "libgnutls-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.3.15-5ubuntu2",
            "binary_name": "libgnutls-openssl27"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.3.15-5ubuntu2",
            "binary_name": "libgnutls28-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.3.15-5ubuntu2",
            "binary_name": "libgnutlsxx28"
        }
    ]
}