CVE-2016-4008
First published: Thu May 05 2016(Updated: )
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.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | <=4.7 | |
| Fedoraproject Fedora | =22 | |
| Fedoraproject Fedora | =23 | |
| Fedoraproject Fedora | =24 |
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Reference Links
- 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://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
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00047.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00097.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3568
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/11/3
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2957-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2957-2
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-libtasn1/2016-04/msg00009.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201703-05
- 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
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