GnuTLS vulnerabilities
Summary
Joshua Rogers discovered that GnuTLS did not properly handle malformed DTLS handshake fragments in certain cases. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information, or cause a denial of service. (CVE-2026-33845) Haruto Kimura, Oscar Reparaz, and Zou Dikai discovered that GnuTLS did not properly validate DTLS handshake fragment lengths in certain cases. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause GnuTLS to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2026-33846) Oleh Konko and Joshua Rogers discovered that GnuTLS did not properly validate OCSP responses in certain cases. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass certificate revocation checks, leading to a machine-in-the-middle attack. (CVE-2026-3832) Oleh Konko and Joshua Rogers discovered that GnuTLS did not properly handle case-insensitive name constraints in certain cases. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass certificate validation, leading to a machine-in-the-middle attack. (CVE-2026-3833) Joshua Rogers discovered that GnuTLS did not properly order DTLS packets with duplicate sequence numbers in certain cases. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause GnuTLS to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2026-42009) Joshua Rogers discovered that GnuTLS did not properly handle usernames containing NUL c Affected Ubuntu releases: 26.04, 25.10, 24.04, 22.04. CVEs: CVE-2026-42015, CVE-2026-42011, CVE-2026-5260, CVE-2026-42010, CVE-2026-3833, CVE-2026-42013, CVE-2026-33846, CVE-2026-42014….
- Ubuntu 26.04
- Ubuntu 25.10
- Ubuntu 24.04
- Ubuntu 22.04
Official advisory · medium-confidence parse· fetched 3 hours ago·verify at source
Mitigation checklist
- Apply available updates: `sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade` (a standard system update installs the fix).
Official advisory · medium-confidence parse· fetched 3 hours ago·verify at source
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