CVE-2016-4574

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Summary

CVECVE-2016-4574
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-06-13 19:59:09 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionOff-by-one error in the append_utf8_value function in the DN decoder (dn.c) in Libksba before 1.3.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via invalid utf-8 encoded data. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2016-4356.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.0 7.5 HIGH from [email protected]

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Problem Types: CWE-189 | n/a

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.0[email protected]Primary7.5HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

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
Application Gnupg Libksba All All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 42.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.2 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
git.gnupg.org Git - libksba.git/commit af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.gnupg.org
oss-security - Re: CVE request: three issues in libksba af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
oss-security - Re: Re: CVE request: three issues in libksba af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
openSUSE-SU-2016:1370-1: moderate: Security update for libksba af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
USN-2982-1: Libksba vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
openSUSE-SU-2016:1525-1: moderate: Security update for libksba af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
git.gnupg.org Git - libksba.git/commit MITRE git.gnupg.org
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