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CVE-2013-2116 json

The _gnutls_ciphertext2compressed function in lib/gnutls_cipher.c in GnuTLS 2.12.23 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (b…

published 2013-07-03 13 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2013-2085

cvss
5.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.8%
EPSS 3.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 89%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • rhev-hypervisor6 RHEL 6 6.4-20130709.0.el6_4
  • gnutls RHEL 5 1.4.1-10.el5_9.2
  • gnutls RHEL 6 2.8.5-10.el6_4.2
  • gnutls-guile RHEL 6 2.8.5-10.el6_4.2
  • gnutls-utils RHEL 5 1.4.1-10.el5_9.2
  • gnutls-utils RHEL 6 2.8.5-10.el6_4.2

red hat advisories RHSA-2013:1076RHSA-2013:0883

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2013-2116 updated cvss 5.0

gnutls: out of bounds read in _gnutls_ciphertext2compressed (GNUTLS-SA-2013-2)

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) gnutls 1.4.1-10.el5_9.2, gnutls-utils 1.4.1-10.el5_9.2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) gnutls 2.8.5-10.el6_4.2, gnutls-utils 2.8.5-10.el6_4.2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) gnutls 2.8.5-10.el6_4.2, gnutls-guile 2.8.5-10.el6_4.2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) gnutls 2.8.5-10.el6_4.2, gnutls-utils 2.8.5-10.el6_4.2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) gnutls 2.8.5-10.el6_4.2, gnutls-guile 2.8.5-10.el6_4.2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) gnutls 2.8.5-10.el6_4.2, gnutls-utils 2.8.5-10.el6_4.2
    +3 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) gnutls 2.8.5-10.el6_4.2, gnutls-guile 2.8.5-10.el6_4.2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) gnutls 2.8.5-10.el6_4.2, gnutls-utils 2.8.5-10.el6_4.2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) gnutls 2.8.5-10.el6_4.2, gnutls-guile 2.8.5-10.el6_4.2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2013:0883
  • Red Hat RHEV Hypervisor for RHEL-6 rhev-hypervisor6 6.4-20130709.0.el6_4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2013:1076
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 mingw32-gnutls
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

3.76% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 89% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

Sources

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