GnuTLS 3.6.x before 3.6.13 uses incorrect cryptography for DTLS. The earliest affected version is 3.6.3 (2018-07-16) because of an error in a 2017-10-06 commit. The DTLS client always uses 32 '\0' bytes instead of a random value, and thus contributes no randomness to a DTLS negotiation. This breaks the security guarantees of the DTLS protocol.
CVE-2020-11501
This high-severity CVE scores 7.4 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 3.4%, top 12% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 7.4
- EG Score
- 7.4(medium)
- EG Risk
- —
- EPSS
- 87.5%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
April 3, 2020
Last Modified
November 21, 2024
References (20)
- cve@mitrehttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00015.html
- cve@mitrehttps://gitlab.com/gnutls/gnutls/-/commit/5b595e8e52653f6c5726a4cdd8fddeb6e83804d2
- cve@mitrehttps://gitlab.com/gnutls/gnutls/-/issues/960
- cve@mitrehttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ILMOWPKMTZAIMK5F32TUMO34XCABUCFJ/
- cve@mitrehttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WDYY3R4F5CUTFAMXH2C5NKYFVDEJLTT7/
- cve@mitrehttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202004-06
- cve@mitrehttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200416-0002/
- cve@mitrehttps://usn.ubuntu.com/4322-1/
- cve@mitrehttps://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4652
- cve@mitrehttps://www.gnutls.org/security-new.html#GNUTLS-SA-2020-03-31
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00015.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://gitlab.com/gnutls/gnutls/-/commit/5b595e8e52653f6c5726a4cdd8fddeb6e83804d2
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://gitlab.com/gnutls/gnutls/-/issues/960
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ILMOWPKMTZAIMK5F32TUMO34XCABUCFJ/
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WDYY3R4F5CUTFAMXH2C5NKYFVDEJLTT7/
Patch Availability(2)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | libgnutls30 (3.6.9-5ubuntu1.1) @ eoan | 2026-05-27 | ubuntu |
| redhat | gnutls-0:3.6.8-10.el8_2 | 2020-04-30 | redhat |
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- Microsoft MSRCCVE-2020-115012020-09-09
GnuTLS 3.6.x before 3.6.13 uses incorrect cryptography for DTLS. The earliest affected version is 3.6.3 (2018-07-16) because of an error in a 2017-10-06 commit. The DTLS client always uses 32 '\0' bytes instead of a random value and thus contributes no randomness to a DTLS negotiation. This breaks the security guarantees of the DTLS protocol.
- Red HatRHSA-2020:1998MODERATE2020-03-27
RHSA-2020:1998 — Moderate
- UbuntuUSN-4322-1MEDIUM
GnuTLS vulnerability
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