CVE-2016-2053
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- May 2, 2016
- Updated
- Aug 5, 2024
- Reserved
- Jan 25, 2016
Description
The asn1_ber_decoder function in lib/asn1_decoder.c in the Linux kernel before 4.3 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (panic) via an ASN.1 BER file that lacks a public key, leading to mishandling by the public_key_verify_signature function in crypto/asymmetric_keys/public_key.c.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
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n/an/a |
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References
- SUSE-SU-2016:1690vendor-advisory
- SUSE-SU-2016:2010vendor-advisory
- SUSE-SU-2016:2011vendor-advisory
- SUSE-SU-2016:2003vendor-advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1300237
- SUSE-SU-2016:1994vendor-advisory
- SUSE-SU-2016:1961vendor-advisory
- SUSE-SU-2016:2001vendor-advisory
- SUSE-SU-2016:1985vendor-advisory
- openSUSE-SU-2016:2184vendor-advisory
- SUSE-SU-2016:2006vendor-advisory
- [oss-security] 20160125 Re: Linux kernel : Denial of service with specially crafted key file.mailing-list
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/0d62e9dd6da45bbf0f33a8617afc5fe774c8f45f
- RHSA-2016:2584vendor-advisory
- SUSE-SU-2016:2014vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2016:2574vendor-advisory
- openSUSE-SU-2016:1641vendor-advisory
- 1036763vdb-entry
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=0d62e9dd6da45bbf0f33a8617afc5fe774c8f45f
- SUSE-SU-2016:1672vendor-advisory
- SUSE-SU-2016:2009vendor-advisory
- SUSE-SU-2016:2005vendor-advisory
- SUSE-SU-2016:2007vendor-advisory
- SUSE-SU-2016:2000vendor-advisory
- SUSE-SU-2016:1995vendor-advisory
- SUSE-SU-2016:2105vendor-advisory
- SUSE-SU-2016:2002vendor-advisory
- SUSE-SU-2016:1937vendor-advisory
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