Description
An issue was discovered in GnuTLS before 3.6.15. A server can trigger a NULL pointer dereference in a TLS 1.3 client if a no_renegotiation alert is sent with unexpected timing, and then an invalid second handshake occurs. The crash happens in the application's error handling path, where the gnutls_deinit function is called after detecting a handshake failure.
Published: 2020-09-04
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: 3.6% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2020-17374 An issue was discovered in GnuTLS before 3.6.15. A server can trigger a NULL pointer dereference in a TLS 1.3 client if a no_renegotiation alert is sent with unexpected timing, and then an invalid second handshake occurs. The crash happens in the application's error handling path, where the gnutls_deinit function is called after detecting a handshake failure.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4491-1 GnuTLS vulnerability
History

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00949}

epss

{'score': 0.00946}


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Canonical Ubuntu Linux
Fedoraproject Fedora
Gnu Gnutls
Opensuse Leap
Redhat Enterprise Linux
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-04T15:19:08.542Z

Reserved: 2020-08-26T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-24659

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Status : Modified

Published: 2020-09-04T15:15:10.803

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:15:26.003

Link: CVE-2020-24659

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2020-09-04T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2020-24659 - Bugzilla

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