fkie_cve-2016-4008
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2016-05-05 18:59
Modified
2025-04-12 10:46
Severity ?
5.9 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
The _asn1_extract_der_octet function in lib/decoding.c in GNU Libtasn1 before 4.8, when used without the ASN1_DECODE_FLAG_STRICT_DER flag, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite recursion) via a crafted certificate.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=libtasn1.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a6e0a0b58f5cdaf4e9beca5bce69c09808cbb625
cve@mitre.orghttp://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=libtasn1.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f435825c0f527a8e52e6ffbc3ad0bc60531d537e
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/182299.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/182907.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183221.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00047.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00097.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3568
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/11/3
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2957-1
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2957-2
cve@mitre.orghttps://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-libtasn1/2016-04/msg00009.html
cve@mitre.orghttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201703-05
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=libtasn1.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a6e0a0b58f5cdaf4e9beca5bce69c09808cbb625
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=libtasn1.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f435825c0f527a8e52e6ffbc3ad0bc60531d537e
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/182299.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/182907.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183221.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00047.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00097.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3568
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/11/3
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2957-1
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2957-2
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-libtasn1/2016-04/msg00009.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201703-05
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
canonical ubuntu_linux 12.04
canonical ubuntu_linux 14.04
canonical ubuntu_linux 15.10
canonical ubuntu_linux 16.04
opensuse opensuse 13.2
gnu libtasn1 *
fedoraproject fedora 22
fedoraproject fedora 23
fedoraproject fedora 24


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