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High USN-5550-1 2 CVEs

gnutls28 vulnerabilities

Published Aug 4, 2022 · Updated Apr 27, 2026

Summary

It was discovered that GnuTLS incorrectly handled certain memory
operations. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause GnuTLS
to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu
18.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2021-4209)

It was discovered that GnuTLS incorrectly handled the verification of
certain pkcs7 signatures. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause
GnuTLS to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute
arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-2509)

Fixed packages 3

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 18.04 LTS 18.04:LTS gnutls28 3.5.18-1ubuntu1.6
Ubuntu · 20.04 LTS 20.04:LTS gnutls28 3.6.13-2ubuntu1.7
Ubuntu · 22.04 LTS 22.04:LTS gnutls28 3.7.3-4ubuntu1.1

Vulnerabilities 2

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-4209
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-2509