Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jul 3, 2013· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2013-2116
CVE-2013-2116
Description
The _gnutls_ciphertext2compressed function in lib/gnutls_cipher.c in GnuTLS 2.12.23 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer over-read and crash) via a crafted padding length. NOTE: this might be due to an incorrect fix for CVE-2013-0169.
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Affected products
2- Range: =2.12.23
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
15- secunia.com/advisories/53911nvdVendor Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-06/msg00019.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00001.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00003.htmlnvd
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0883.htmlnvd
- secunia.com/advisories/57260nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/57274nvd
- thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.encryption.gpg.gnutls.devel/6753nvd
- thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.encryption.gpg.gnutls.devel/6754nvd
- www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2697nvd
- www.gnutls.org/security.htmlnvd
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvd
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1028603nvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1843-1nvd
- gitorious.org/gnutls/gnutls/commit/5164d5a1d57cd0372a5dd074382ca960ca18b27dnvd
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