Off-by-one Error Affecting libtasn1-devel package, versions <0:4.13-3.el8_6.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.36% (73rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-LIBTASN1DEVEL-6204787
  • published26 Jan 2024
  • disclosed24 Oct 2022

Introduced: 24 Oct 2022

CVE-2021-46848  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-193  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 libtasn1-devel to version 0:4.13-3.el8_6.1 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2024:0427.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libtasn1-devel package and not the libtasn1-devel package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL: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

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