CVE-2018-10845: Medium severity GNU GnuTLS vulnerability

Published May 25, 2018
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Updated

It was found that GnuTLS implementation of HMAC-SHA-384 was vulnerable to Lucky thirteen style attack due to use of wrong constant appropriate to hash functions that encode the length field.

Other sources

It was found that the GnuTLS implementation of HMAC-SHA-384 was vulnerable to a Lucky thirteen style attack. Remote attackers could use this flaw to conduct distinguishing attacks and plain text recovery attacks via statistical analysis of timing data using crafted packets.

Launchpad

Affected Software

12 affected componentsFixes available
GNU GnuTLS<3.6.12
redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop=7.0
redhat Enterprise Linux Server=7.0
redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation=7.0
Canonical Ubuntu Linux=16.04
Canonical Ubuntu Linux=18.04
Canonical Ubuntu Linux=18.10
Canonical Ubuntu Linux=19.04
Fedoraproject Fedora=31
Fedoraproject Fedora=32
Debian Debian Linux=8.0
debian/gnutls28
3.7.1-5+deb11u53.7.1-5+deb11u83.7.9-2+deb12u53.7.9-2+deb12u63.8.9-3+deb13u13.8.9-3+deb13u23.8.12-23.8.12-3

Event History

May 25, 2018
Data Sourced
via Red Hat·03:33 PM
DescriptionSeverityAffected Software
Aug 22, 2018
CVE Published
via MITRE·01:00 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·01:00 PM
DescriptionSeverityWeakness
Jan 11, 2024
Data Sourced
via Launchpad·10:46 PM
Description
Feb 20, 2026
Data Sourced
via Ubuntu·03:57 PM
RemedyDescriptionSeverityAffected Software
Feb 23, 2026
Data Sourced
via Debian·04:00 PM
DescriptionAffected Software
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Frequently Asked Questions

1

What is CVE-2018-10845?

CVE-201-10845 is a vulnerability found in the GnuTLS implementation of HMAC-SHA-384, which is vulnerable to a Lucky thirteen style attack.

2

What is the severity of CVE-2018-10845?

The severity of CVE-2018-10845 is medium with a CVSS score of 5.9.

3

How does CVE-2018-10845 affect GnuTLS?

CVE-2018-10845 affects the GnuTLS implementation of HMAC-SHA-384, allowing remote attackers to conduct distinguishing attacks and plain text recovery attacks.

4

Which versions of GnuTLS are affected by CVE-2018-10845?

The affected versions of GnuTLS are 3.5.18-1ubuntu1.1, 3.5.19-3.6.3, 3.4.10-4ubuntu1.5, 3.6.7-4+deb10u8, 3.6.7-4+deb10u10, 3.7.1-5+deb11u3, 3.7.9-2, and 3.8.1-4.

5

How can I fix CVE-2018-10845?

To fix CVE-2018-10845, update GnuTLS to version 3.5.19, 3.6.3, 3.4.10-4ubuntu1.5, 3.6.7-4+deb10u8, 3.6.7-4+deb10u10, 3.7.1-5+deb11u3, 3.7.9-2, or 3.8.1-4.

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