Off-by-one Error Affecting libtasn1 package, versions <0:4.13-4.el8_7


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Oracle Linux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.39% (74th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-ORACLE8-LIBTASN1-3229084
  • published 13 Jan 2023
  • disclosed 24 Oct 2022

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:8 libtasn1 to version 0:4.13-4.el8_7 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2023-0116.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libtasn1 package and not the libtasn1 package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

GNU Libtasn1 before 4.19.0 has an ETYPE_OK off-by-one array size check that affects asn1_encode_simple_der.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

9.1 critical
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    High
  • Integrity (I)
    None
  • Availability (A)
    High
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SUSE

9.1 critical
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Red Hat

5.9 medium