CVE-2016-4456 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The "GNUTLS_KEYLOGFILE" environment variable in gnutls 3.4.12 allows remote attackers to overwrite and corrupt arbitrary files in the filesystem.

Published: 2017-08-08

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gnutls:3.4.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2016-5445	The "GNUTLS_KEYLOGFILE" environment variable in gnutls 3.4.12 allows remote attackers to overwrite and corrupt arbitrary files in the filesystem.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00246.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://gnutls.org/security.html#GNUTLS-SA-2016-1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/07/6
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1343505
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4456
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-4456

History

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Subscriptions

Gnu Gnutls

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2017-08-08T21:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T00:32:25.569Z

Reserved: 2016-05-02T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-4456

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-08-08T21:29:00.407

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2016-4456

Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2016-06-06T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-4456 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-20

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