CVE-2016-4008

Summary

CVECVE-2016-4008
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-05-05 18:59:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 02:32:00 UTC
DescriptionThe _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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-399

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 15.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 15.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 22 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 23 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 24 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 22 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 23 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 24 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
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3568-1 libtasn1-6 DEBIAN www.debian.org
USN-2957-2: Libtasn1 vulnerability | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
GNU Libtasn1: Denial of Service (GLSA 201703-05) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
GNU Libtasn1 4.8 released MLIST lists.gnu.org
oss-security - Infinite loops parsing malicious DER certificates in libtasn1 4.7 MLIST www.openwall.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 24 Update: libtasn1-4.8-1.fc24 FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
Savannah Git Hosting - libtasn1.git/commit git.savannah.gnu.org
openSUSE-SU-2016:1674-1: moderate: Security update for libtasn1 SUSE lists.opensuse.org
Savannah Git Hosting - libtasn1.git/commit git.savannah.gnu.org
openSUSE-SU-2016:1567-1: moderate: Security update for libtasn1 SUSE lists.opensuse.org
Savannah Git Hosting - libtasn1.git/commit CONFIRM git.savannah.gnu.org
Savannah Git Hosting - libtasn1.git/commit CONFIRM git.savannah.gnu.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 23 Update: libtasn1-4.8-1.fc23 FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
USN-2957-1: Libtasn1 vulnerability | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 22 Update: libtasn1-4.8-1.fc22 FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 710446 Gentoo Linux GNU Libtasn1 Denial of Service (DoS) Vulnerability (GLSA 201703-05)
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