Description
A heap-buffer-overflow (off-by-one) flaw was found in the GnuTLS software in the template parsing logic within the certtool utility. When it reads certain settings from a template file, it allows an attacker to cause an out-of-bounds (OOB) NULL pointer write, resulting in memory corruption and a denial-of-service (DoS) that could potentially crash the system.
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-2025-32990 ↗
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2359620 ↗
- 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 ↗