USN-7635-1: GnuTLS vulnerabilities

Publication date

14 July 2025

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in GnuTLS.


Packages

Details

It was discovered that GnuTLS incorrectly handled exporting Subject
Alternative Name (SAN) entries containing an otherName. A remote attacker
could use this issue to cause GnuTLS to crash, resulting in a denial of
service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2025-32988)

It was discovered that GnuTLS incorrectly handled parsing the Certificate
Transparency (CT) Signed Certificate Timestamp (SCT) extension. A remote
attacker could use this issue to cause GnuTLS to crash, resulting in a
denial of service, or possibly obtain sensitive information.
(CVE-2025-32989)

It was discovered that the GnuTLS certtool utility incorrectly handled
parsing certain template files. An attacker could use this issue to cause
GnuTLS to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute
arbitrary code. (

It was discovered that GnuTLS incorrectly handled exporting Subject
Alternative Name (SAN) entries containing an otherName. A remote attacker
could use this issue to cause GnuTLS to crash, resulting in a denial of
service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2025-32988)

It was discovered that GnuTLS incorrectly handled parsing the Certificate
Transparency (CT) Signed Certificate Timestamp (SCT) extension. A remote
attacker could use this issue to cause GnuTLS to crash, resulting in a
denial of service, or possibly obtain sensitive information.
(CVE-2025-32989)

It was discovered that the GnuTLS certtool utility incorrectly handled
parsing certain template files. An attacker could use this issue to cause
GnuTLS to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute
arbitrary code. (CVE-2025-32990)

Stefan Bühler discovered that GnuTLS incorrectly handled parsing certain
template files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause GnuTLS
to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2025-6395)


Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
25.04 plucky libgnutls30t64 –  3.8.9-2ubuntu3.1
24.04 noble libgnutls30t64 –  3.8.3-1.1ubuntu3.4
22.04 jammy libgnutls30 –  3.7.3-4ubuntu1.7

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