CVE-2023-25824

High

Description

Mod_gnutls is a TLS module for Apache HTTPD based on GnuTLS. Versions from 0.9.0 to 0.12.0 (including) did not properly fail blocking read operations on TLS connections when the transport hit timeouts. Instead it entered an endless loop retrying the read operation, consuming CPU resources. This could be exploited for denial of service attacks. If trace level logging was enabled, it would also produce an excessive amount of log output during the loop, consuming disk space. The problem has been fixed in commit d7eec4e598158ab6a98bf505354e84352f9715ec, please update to version 0.12.1. There are no workarounds, users who cannot update should apply the errno fix detailed in the security advisory.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.5
Exploit probability—
ProductMod Gnutls
PublishedFeb 23, 2023
First seenFeb 23, 2023
Weakness typeCWE-835CWE-835

How to fix

Update
  • mod_gnutls_project mod_gnutls0.12.1 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
mod_gnutls_project mod_gnutls0.9.0 ≤ v < 0.12.10.12.1

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