Description
A flaw was found in GnuTLS. A double-free vulnerability exists in GnuTLS due to incorrect ownership handling in the export logic of Subject Alternative Name (SAN) entries containing an otherName. If the type-id OID is invalid or malformed, GnuTLS will call asn1_delete_structure() on an ASN.1 node it does not own, leading to a double-free condition when the parent function or caller later attempts to free the same structure. This vulnerability can be triggered using only public GnuTLS APIs and may result in denial of service or memory corruption, depending on allocator behavior.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
libgnutls
Default version status: unaffected
0 to < 3.8.10affected
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
Default version status: affected
0:3.8.9-9.el10_0.14 to < *unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Default version status: affected
0:3.6.16-8.el8_10.4 to < *unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Default version status: affected
0:3.6.16-8.el8_10.4 to < *unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Default version status: affected
0:3.8.3-6.el9_6.2 to < *unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Default version status: affected
0:3.8.3-6.el9_6.2 to < *unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Update Services for SAP Solutions
Default version status: affected
0:3.7.6-21.el9_2.4 to < *unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Extended Update Support
Default version status: affected
0:3.8.3-4.el9_4.4 to < *unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat Ceph Storage 7
Default version status: affected
7 to < *unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat Discovery 2
Default version status: affected
2.3.0-1760554384 to < *unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat Hardened Images
Default version status: affected
3.8.12-1.1.hum1 to < *unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat Insights proxy 1.5
Default version status: affected
1.5.7-1759331989 to < *unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Default version status: unknown
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Default version status: unknown
Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
Default version status: affected
Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
Default version status: affected
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:16115 ↗
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:16116 ↗
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:17181 ↗
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:17348 ↗
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:17361 ↗
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:17415 ↗
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:19088 ↗
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:22529 ↗
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:7477 ↗
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-32988 ↗
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2359622 ↗
- https://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnutls-help/2025-July/004883.html ↗
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/08/msg00005.html ↗
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/07/11/3 ↗
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-082556.html ↗