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Advisory severityMedium6.5Red Hat Linux

Medium [CVE-2025-6395] null pointer dereference in _gnutls_figure_common_ciphersuite

This medium-severity Red Hat Linux advisory covers CVE-2025-6395 affecting Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Update Services for SAP Solutions.

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CVE-2025-6395
Affected products & platforms
Red Hat LinuxRed Hat Enterprise Linux
Open source advisory

Summary

A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the GnuTLS software in _gnutls_figure_common_ciphersuite(). Red Hat severity: Moderate — CVSS 6.5 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H).

Weakness: CWE-476.

Affected Red Hat products: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Update Services for SAP Solutions; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Extended Update Support; Red Hat Ceph Storage 7; Red Hat Discovery 2; Red Hat Insights proxy 1.5; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.

Will not fix / out of support: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat fixing advisory: RHSA-2025:16115, RHSA-2025:17415, RHSA-2025:16116, RHSA-2025:17361, RHSA-2025:17348, RHSA-2025:22529, RHSA-2025:19088, RHSA-2025:17181.

Affected products named by the advisory: Red Hat package: gnutls.

Is CVE-2025-6395 exploited?

No exploitation is reported in the sources VulniPulse tracks: CVE-2025-6395 is not in the CISA KEV catalog (checked ) and this advisory does not report exploitation. That is not proof the vulnerability cannot be exploited.

How do I fix CVE-2025-6395?

Upgrade to a fixed release named by Red Hat:

  • gnutls-0:3.8.9-9.el10_0.14
  • gnutls-0:3.6.16-8.el8_10.4
  • gnutls-0:3.8.3-6.el9_6.2
  • gnutls-0:3.7.6-21.el9_2.4
  • gnutls-0:3.8.3-4.el9_4.4
  • rhceph/rhceph-7-rhel9:7
  • discovery/discovery-ui-rhel9:2.3.0-1760554384
  • insights-proxy/insights-proxy-container-rhel9:1.5.7-1759331989
  • RHSA-2025:16115
  • RHSA-2025:17415
  • RHSA-2025:16116
  • RHSA-2025:17361

4 more fixed releases are listed below.

Confirm against the vendor advisory before you patch.

Affected versions

No affected-version range was extracted from the source record. The vendor advisory is authoritative. Check it before change work.

Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 18 days ago·verify at source

Fixed versions
  • gnutls-0:3.8.9-9.el10_0.14
  • gnutls-0:3.6.16-8.el8_10.4
  • gnutls-0:3.8.3-6.el9_6.2
  • gnutls-0:3.7.6-21.el9_2.4
  • gnutls-0:3.8.3-4.el9_4.4
  • rhceph/rhceph-7-rhel9:7
  • discovery/discovery-ui-rhel9:2.3.0-1760554384
  • insights-proxy/insights-proxy-container-rhel9:1.5.7-1759331989
  • RHSA-2025:16115
  • RHSA-2025:17415
  • RHSA-2025:16116
  • RHSA-2025:17361
  • RHSA-2025:17348
  • RHSA-2025:22529
  • RHSA-2025:19088
  • RHSA-2025:17181

Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 18 days ago·verify at source

Mitigation checklist

Recommended fix / mitigation
  • Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.

Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 18 days ago·verify at source

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