CVE-2017-10790

Summary

CVECVE-2017-10790
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-07-02 03:29:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 02:38:00 UTC
DescriptionThe _asn1_check_identifier function in GNU Libtasn1 through 4.12 causes a NULL pointer dereference and crash when reading crafted input that triggers assignment of a NULL value within an asn1_node structure. It may lead to a remote denial of service attack.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-476

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Gnu Libtasn1 All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] [DLA 2255-1] libtasn1-6 security update MLIST lists.debian.org
[bookkeeper-issues] 20210628 [GitHub] [bookkeeper] padma81 opened a new issue #2746: Security Vulnerabilities in CentOS 7 image, Upgrade image to CentOS 8 lists.apache.org
GNU Libtasn1: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201710-11) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
Pony Mail! MLIST lists.apache.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4106-1 libtasn1-6 DEBIAN www.debian.org
Pony Mail! MLIST lists.apache.org
[bookkeeper-issues] 20210629 [GitHub] [bookkeeper] padma81 opened a new issue #2746: Security Vulnerabilities in CentOS 7 image, Upgrade image to CentOS 8 lists.apache.org
1464141 – The _asn1_check_identifier function in GNU Libtasn1 before 4.12(including 4.12) causes a NULL pointer dereference and crash when a NULL value assigned to value member in asn1_node. It will lead to a remote denial of service attack. MISC bugzilla.redhat.com Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
USN-3547-1: Libtasn1 vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 500321 Alpine Linux Security Update for libtasn1
  • 504088 Alpine Linux Security Update for libtasn1
  • 671078 EulerOS Security Update for libtasn1 (EulerOS-SA-2019-2620)
  • 710419 Gentoo Linux GNU Libtasn1 Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 201710-11)
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