CVE-2016-4008
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- May 5, 2016
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Reserved
- Apr 13, 2016
Description
The _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.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
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References
- GLSA-201703-05vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2016-048ffb6235vendor-advisory
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=libtasn1.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a6e0a0b58f5cdaf4e9beca5bce69c09808cbb625
- USN-2957-2vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2016-383b8250e6vendor-advisory
- openSUSE-SU-2016:1567vendor-advisory
- [help-libtasn1] 20160411 GNU Libtasn1 4.8 releasedmailing-list
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=libtasn1.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f435825c0f527a8e52e6ffbc3ad0bc60531d537e
- DSA-3568vendor-advisory
- openSUSE-SU-2016:1674vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2016-96bfd9e873vendor-advisory
- USN-2957-1vendor-advisory
- [oss-security] 20160411 Infinite loops parsing malicious DER certificates in libtasn1 4.7mailing-list
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