CVE-2020-11501

gnutls: DTLS client hello contains a random value of all zeroes

Published Apr 3, 2020 CVSS 3.1 · 7.4 High EPSS 3.4% KEV · Not listed
Description
GnuTLS 3.6.x before 3.6.13 uses incorrect cryptography for DTLS. The earliest affected version is 3.6.3 (2018-07-16) because of an error in a 2017-10-06 commit. The DTLS client always uses 32 '\0' bytes instead of a random value, and thus contributes no randomness to a DTLS negotiation. This breaks the security guarantees of the DTLS protocol.

Analysis

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-4652-1 gnutls28 security update
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4322-1 GnuTLS vulnerability
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.27828}

epss

{'score': 0.17505}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.27546}

epss

{'score': 0.27828}

Weaknesses
  • CWE-327

    Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm

  • CWE-330

    Use of Insufficiently Random Values

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Oct 14, 2026, 8:55 AM
Reserved
Apr 3, 2020, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Apr 3, 2020, 1:15 PM
Modified
Oct 14, 2026, 9:17 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Mar 27, 2020, 12:00 AM