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CVE-2008-1949

CRITICAL CVSS: 9.3 Published: 2008-05-21 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

The _gnutls_recv_client_kx_message function in lib/gnutls_kx.c in libgnutls in gnutls-serv in GnuTLS before 2.2.4 continues to process Client Hello messages within a TLS message after one has already been processed, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL dereference and crash) via a TLS message containing multiple Client Hello messages, aka GNUTLS-SA-2008-1-2.

Affected Platforms

Gnu Gnutls

Weakness Type

CWE-287

References