Description
Buffer overflow in the read_server_hello function in lib/gnutls_handshake.c in GnuTLS before 3.1.25, 3.2.x before 3.2.15, and 3.3.x before 3.3.4 allows remote servers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a long session id in a ServerHello message.
Published: 2014-06-03
Score: 6.8 Medium
EPSS: 13.7% Moderate
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2944-1 gnutls26 security update
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2229-1 GnuTLS vulnerability
References
Link Providers
http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-0594.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-0595.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-06/msg00002.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-06/msg00007.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-06/msg00010.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-06/msg00015.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://radare.today/technical-analysis-of-the-gnutls-hello-vulnerability/ cve-icon cve-icon
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0594.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0595.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0684.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0815.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/58340 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/58598 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/58601 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/58642 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/59016 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/59021 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/59057 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/59086 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/59408 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/59838 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/60384 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21678776 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www-947.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/docdisplay?lndocid=MIGR-5096155 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2944 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.gnutls.org/security.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.novell.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=7015302 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.novell.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=7015303 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67741 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030314 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2229-1 cve-icon cve-icon
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1101932 cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-3466 cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-3466 cve-icon
https://www.gitorious.org/gnutls/gnutls/commit/688ea6428a432c39203d00acd1af0e7684e5ddfd cve-icon cve-icon
History

Sat, 12 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.20746}

epss

{'score': 0.23263}


Subscriptions

Gnu Gnutls
Redhat Enterprise Linux
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T10:43:06.197Z

Reserved: 2014-05-14T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2014-3466

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2014-06-03T14:55:10.257

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2014-3466

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2014-05-30T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2014-3466 - Bugzilla

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