ghsa-mr9j-58fj-gv7c
Vulnerability from github
Published
2022-05-14 02:08
Modified
2025-04-12 12:59
Severity ?
5.9 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details

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.

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{
   affected: [],
   aliases: [
      "CVE-2016-4008",
   ],
   database_specific: {
      cwe_ids: [],
      github_reviewed: false,
      github_reviewed_at: null,
      nvd_published_at: "2016-05-05T18:59:00Z",
      severity: "MODERATE",
   },
   details: "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.",
   id: "GHSA-mr9j-58fj-gv7c",
   modified: "2025-04-12T12:59:30Z",
   published: "2022-05-14T02:08:56Z",
   references: [
      {
         type: "ADVISORY",
         url: "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4008",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-libtasn1/2016-04/msg00009.html",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201703-05",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=libtasn1.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a6e0a0b58f5cdaf4e9beca5bce69c09808cbb625",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=libtasn1.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f435825c0f527a8e52e6ffbc3ad0bc60531d537e",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=libtasn1.git;a=commit;h=a6e0a0b58f5cdaf4e9beca5bce69c09808cbb625",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=libtasn1.git;a=commit;h=f435825c0f527a8e52e6ffbc3ad0bc60531d537e",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/182299.html",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/182907.html",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183221.html",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00047.html",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00097.html",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3568",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/11/3",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2957-1",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2957-2",
      },
   ],
   schema_version: "1.4.0",
   severity: [
      {
         score: "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
         type: "CVSS_V3",
      },
   ],
}


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