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CVE-2024-28834 json

Gnutls: vulnerable to minerva side-channel information leak

published 2024-03-21 2 y ago modified 2026-11-08 30 h ago also EUVD-2024-25920

cvss
5.3
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.7%
EPSS 0.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 54%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A flaw was found in GnuTLS. The Minerva attack is a cryptographic vulnerability that exploits deterministic behavior in systems like GnuTLS, leading to side-channel leaks. In specific scenarios, such as when using the GNUTLS_PRIVKEY_FLAG_REPRODUCIBLE flag, it can result in a noticeable step in nonce size from 513 to 512 bits, exposing a potential timing side-channel.

Patch / fix

  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 0:3.6.16-8.el8_9.3
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update Support 0:3.6.16-5.el8_6.4
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Extended Update Support 0:3.6.16-7.el8_8.3
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 0:3.7.6-23.el9_3.4, 0:3.8.3-4.el9_4
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Extended Update Support 0:3.7.6-21.el9_2.3
  • Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP V3.1.5
  • Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518F-4 PN/DP MFP V3.1.5
  • Siemens SIPLUS S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP V3.1.5
  • gnutls28 Debian 12 3.7.9-2+deb12u3
  • gnutls28 Debian 14, Debian 13 3.8.4-2

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2024-28834

  • gnutls28 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 3.6.13-2ubuntu1.11
  • gnutls28 Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 3.7.3-4ubuntu1.5
  • gnutls28 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 3.8.3-1.1ubuntu3.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2024-28834

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • gnutls RHEL 9 3.8.3-4.el9_4
  • gnutls-c++ RHEL 9 3.8.3-4.el9_4
  • gnutls-dane RHEL 9 3.8.3-4.el9_4
  • gnutls-utils RHEL 9 3.8.3-4.el9_4
  • gnutls RHEL 9 3.7.6-23.el9_3.4
  • gnutls-c++ RHEL 9 3.7.6-23.el9_3.4
  • gnutls-dane RHEL 9 3.7.6-23.el9_3.4
  • gnutls-utils RHEL 9 3.7.6-23.el9_3.4

red hat advisories RHSA-2024:2889RHSA-2024:2570RHSA-2024:1879RHSA-2024:2044RHSA-2024:1997RHSA-2024:1784

  • gnutls Linux Micro 6.0 3.8.3-2.1
  • gnutls SLE Micro 5.3 3.7.3-150400.8.1
  • gnutls SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP5, SLE Micro 5.5, SLE Micro 5.4 +8 more 3.7.3-150400.4.44.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2025:20017-1SUSE-SU-2024:2546-1SUSE-SU-2024:1271-2SUSE-SU-2024:1271-3SUSE-SU-2024:1271-1

  • gnutls openSUSE Tumbleweed 3.8.4-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:13806-1

  • gnutls AlmaLinux 9 3.8.3-4.el9_4
  • gnutls-c++ AlmaLinux 9 3.8.3-4.el9_4
  • gnutls-dane AlmaLinux 9 3.8.3-4.el9_4
  • gnutls-utils AlmaLinux 9 3.8.3-4.el9_4
  • gnutls AlmaLinux 9 3.7.6-23.el9_3.4
  • gnutls-c++ AlmaLinux 9 3.7.6-23.el9_3.4
  • gnutls-dane AlmaLinux 9 3.7.6-23.el9_3.4
  • gnutls-utils AlmaLinux 9 3.7.6-23.el9_3.4

almalinux advisories ALSA-2024:2570ALSA-2024:1879ALSA-2024:1784

  • gnutls Rocky Linux 9 3.8.3-4.el9_4
  • gnutls Rocky Linux 8 3.6.16-8.el8_9.3

rocky linux advisories RLSA-2024:2570RLSA-2024:1784

  • gnutls Alpine 3.19, Alpine 3.18 3.8.4-r0
  • gnutls Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +2 more 3.8.5-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2024-28834

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • gnutls CBL-Mariner 2.0 3.7.11-1
  • gnutls Azure Linux 3.0 3.8.3-2

azure linux advisories AZL-37084AZL-37109

Azure Linux vulnerability data, Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation, from https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData via OSV, under the MIT licence; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. MIT

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2024-28834 updated cvss 5.3

gnutls: vulnerable to Minerva side-channel information leak

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 gnutls, gnutls-guile, gnutls-utils Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 gnutls, gnutls-c++, gnutls-dane, gnutls-utils
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) gnutls-c++ 3.6.16-8.el8_9.3, gnutls-dane 3.6.16-8.el8_9.3, gnutls-utils 3.6.16-8.el8_9.3
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:1784
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) gnutls-c++ 3.8.3-4.el9_4, gnutls-dane 3.8.3-4.el9_4, gnutls-utils 3.8.3-4.el9_4, gnutls-c++ 3.7.6-23.el9_3.4, gnutls-dane 3.7.6-23.el9_3.4, gnutls-utils 3.7.6-23.el9_3.4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:1879
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.8.6) gnutls-c++ 3.6.16-5.el8_6.4, gnutls-dane 3.6.16-5.el8_6.4, gnutls-utils 3.6.16-5.el8_6.4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:2044
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.8.8) gnutls-c++ 3.6.16-7.el8_8.3, gnutls-dane 3.6.16-7.el8_8.3, gnutls-utils 3.6.16-7.el8_8.3
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:1997
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.2) gnutls-c++ 3.7.6-21.el9_2.3, gnutls-dane 3.7.6-21.el9_2.3, gnutls-utils 3.7.6-21.el9_2.3
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:2889
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8) gnutls 3.6.16-8.el8_9.3
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:1784
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9) gnutls 3.8.3-4.el9_4, gnutls 3.7.6-23.el9_3.4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:1879
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  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.6) gnutls 3.6.16-5.el8_6.4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:2044
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.8) gnutls 3.6.16-7.el8_8.3
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:1997
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.2) gnutls 3.7.6-21.el9_2.3
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:2889
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 gnutls
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

cisa ICSA-23-348-10 updated cvss 5.3

Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500

  • Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP (6ES7518-4AX00-1AB0) >= 3.1.0, < 3.1.5 Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP (6ES7518-4AX00-1AC0) >= 3.1.0, < 3.1.5 Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518F-4 PN/DP MFP (6ES7518-4FX00-1AB0) >= 3.1.0, < 3.1.5 Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518F-4 PN/DP MFP (6ES7518-4FX00-1AC0) >= 3.1.0, < 3.1.5 Siemens SIPLUS S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP (6AG1518-4AX00-4AC0) >= 3.1.0, < 3.1.5
    affected: fixed in V3.1.5, mitigation support.industry.siemens.com

Facts from CISA's republication of the vendor's own advisory (CSAF); the linked advisory is the authoritative source. CISA notification · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

0.72% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 54% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected products

  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update Support
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Extended Update Support
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Extended Update Support
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP
  • Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518F-4 PN/DP MFP
  • Siemens SIPLUS S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-327 Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm

References

Sources

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