Resource Management Errors Affecting libtasn1-6 package, versions <4.8-1
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
High
Availability
High
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
22.91% (97th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN9-LIBTASN16-339603
- published 5 May 2016
- disclosed 5 May 2016
Introduced: 5 May 2016
CVE-2016-4008 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:9
libtasn1-6
to version 4.8-1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libtasn1-6
package and not the libtasn1-6
package as distributed by Debian
.
See How to fix?
for Debian:9
relevant fixed versions and status.
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
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-4008
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=libtasn1.git;a=commit;h=a6e0a0b58f5cdaf4e9beca5bce69c09808cbb625
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=libtasn1.git;a=commit;h=f435825c0f527a8e52e6ffbc3ad0bc60531d537e
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3568
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/182299.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/182907.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183221.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201703-05
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-libtasn1/2016-04/msg00009.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00047.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00097.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/11/3
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-4008
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2957-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2957-2
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=libtasn1.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a6e0a0b58f5cdaf4e9beca5bce69c09808cbb625
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=libtasn1.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f435825c0f527a8e52e6ffbc3ad0bc60531d537e