oss-security - CVE Request: GnuTLS: OCSP validation issue (GNUTLS-SA-2016-3)

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Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2016 14:31:24 +0200
From: Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@...ian.org>
To: OSS Security Mailinglist <oss-security@...ts.openwall.com>
Subject: CVE Request: GnuTLS: OCSP validation issue (GNUTLS-SA-2016-3)

Hi

Some days ago new GnuTLS version were released for GNUTLS-SA-2016-3
(OCSP validation issue):

> Stefan Bühler discovered an issue that affects validation of
> certificates using OCSP responses, which can falsely report a
> certificate as valid under certain circumstances. That issue affects
> gnutls 3.3.24, 3.4.14, 3.5.3 and previous versions. Write-up[0] by
> Stefan Bühler
> Recommendation: Upgrade to GnuTLS versions 3.4.15, 3.5.4 or apply the
> patch referenced in the mail above.

Upstream fix is at [1]. This is as well tracked in Red Hat's bugzilla
at [2].

Could you please assign a CVE for this issue?

Regards,
Salvatore

 [0] https://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnutls-devel/2016-September/008146.html
 [1] https://gitlab.com/gnutls/gnutls/commit/964632f37dfdfb914ebc5e49db4fa29af35b1de9 
 [2] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1374266

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