CVE-2015-3622

Summary

CVECVE-2015-3622
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-05-12 19:59:00 UTC
Updated2018-10-30 16:27:00 UTC
DescriptionThe _asn1_extract_der_octet function in lib/decoding.c in GNU Libtasn1 before 4.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds heap read) via a crafted certificate.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-119

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 21 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 21 All All All
Application Gnu Libtasn1 All All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.2 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.2 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
USN-2604-1: Libtasn1 vulnerability | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
GNU Libtasn1 4.5 released MLIST lists.gnu.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 21 Update: libtasn1-4.5-1.fc21 FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
openSUSE-SU-2016:1674-1: moderate: Security update for libtasn1 SUSE lists.opensuse.org
GNU Libtasn1 'decoding.c' Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2015:232 | Mandriva MANDRIVA www.mandriva.com
Full Disclosure: Heap overflow / invalid read in Libtasn1 before 4.5 (TFPA 005/2015) FULLDISC seclists.org Exploit
openSUSE-SU-2015:1372-1: moderate: Security update for gnutls SUSE lists.opensuse.org
openSUSE-SU-2016:1567-1: moderate: Security update for libtasn1 SUSE lists.opensuse.org
libtasn1 Heap Overflow ≈ Packet Storm MISC packetstormsecurity.com Exploit
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3256-1 libtasn1-6 DEBIAN www.debian.org
libtASN1 Heap Over-read in _asn1_extract_der_octet() Lets Remote Users Deny Service - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com
Gentoo Security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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