Red Hat Security Advisory: gnutls security update
A moderate severity vulnerability (CVE-2024-0553) affects the gnutls packages in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update Support. This issue is an incomplete fix for a previous vulnerability (CVE-2023-5981) in the GNU Transport Layer Security (GnuTLS) library, which implements cryptographic protocols such as SSL, TLS, and DTLS. The vulnerability relates to CWE-203 (Information Exposure Through Discrepancy). Red Hat has released an updated package to address this issue.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
The gnutls packages in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Extended Update Support contain security vulnerabilities involving incomplete fixes and improper certificate chain validation. Specifically, CVE-2024-0553 is an incomplete fix for a previous vulnerability (CVE-2023-5981), and CVE-2024-0567 concerns acceptance of certificate chains with distributed trust, which could undermine trust validation. Red Hat has issued an update (RHSA-2024:1082) that addresses these issues by improving certificate validation and completing the prior fix. The advisory covers multiple architectures including x86_64, s390x, ppc64le, and aarch64. No known exploits are reported in the wild.
Potential Impact
The vulnerabilities affect the cryptographic validation processes in GnuTLS, potentially allowing improper certificate chains to be accepted or previous fixes to be bypassed. This could weaken the security guarantees of SSL/TLS/DTLS communications relying on GnuTLS. The impact is rated moderate by Red Hat, indicating a significant but not critical risk to confidentiality or integrity under certain conditions.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released updated gnutls packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Extended Update Support that address these vulnerabilities. Users should apply the security update as described in Red Hat advisory RHSA-2024:1082 to remediate these issues. Refer to https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 for detailed update instructions. No additional mitigation steps are indicated by the vendor.
Red Hat Security Advisory: gnutls security update
Description
A moderate severity vulnerability (CVE-2024-0553) affects the gnutls packages in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update Support. This issue is an incomplete fix for a previous vulnerability (CVE-2023-5981) in the GNU Transport Layer Security (GnuTLS) library, which implements cryptographic protocols such as SSL, TLS, and DTLS. The vulnerability relates to CWE-203 (Information Exposure Through Discrepancy). Red Hat has released an updated package to address this issue.
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Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
The gnutls packages in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Extended Update Support contain security vulnerabilities involving incomplete fixes and improper certificate chain validation. Specifically, CVE-2024-0553 is an incomplete fix for a previous vulnerability (CVE-2023-5981), and CVE-2024-0567 concerns acceptance of certificate chains with distributed trust, which could undermine trust validation. Red Hat has issued an update (RHSA-2024:1082) that addresses these issues by improving certificate validation and completing the prior fix. The advisory covers multiple architectures including x86_64, s390x, ppc64le, and aarch64. No known exploits are reported in the wild.
Potential Impact
The vulnerabilities affect the cryptographic validation processes in GnuTLS, potentially allowing improper certificate chains to be accepted or previous fixes to be bypassed. This could weaken the security guarantees of SSL/TLS/DTLS communications relying on GnuTLS. The impact is rated moderate by Red Hat, indicating a significant but not critical risk to confidentiality or integrity under certain conditions.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released updated gnutls packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Extended Update Support that address these vulnerabilities. Users should apply the security update as described in Red Hat advisory RHSA-2024:1082 to remediate these issues. Refer to https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 for detailed update instructions. No additional mitigation steps are indicated by the vendor.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Csaf Category
- csaf_security_advisory
- Csaf Version
- 2.0
- Publisher
- Red Hat Product Security
- Advisory Id
- RHSA-2024:1082
- Cve Count
- 2
- Additional Cves
- ["CVE-2024-0567"]
- Cvss Version
- null
Threat ID: 6a1f4ea3e29bf47b50088d30
Added to database: 06/02/2026, 21:44:03 UTC
Last enriched: 06/26/2026, 02:19:04 UTC
Last updated: 07/22/2026, 08:51:57 UTC
Views: 106
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