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| author |   Yury German <blueknight@gentoo.org> | 2017-03-27 22:57:43 -0400 |
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| committer | Yury German <blueknight@gentoo.org> | 2017-03-27 22:57:43 -0400 |
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diff --git a/glsa-201703-05.xml b/glsa-201703-05.xml new file mode 100644 index 00000000..27d2040b --- /dev/null +++ b/glsa-201703-05.xml @@ -0,0 +1,51 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> +<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> +<glsa id="201703-05"> + <title>GNU Libtasn1: Denial of Service</title> + <synopsis>A vulnerability in Libtasn1 allows remote attackers to cause a + Denial of Service condition. + </synopsis> + <product type="ebuild">libtasn1</product> + <announced>2017-03-28</announced> + <revised>2017-03-28: 1</revised> + <bug>579748</bug> + <access>remote</access> + <affected> + <package name="dev-libs/libtasn1" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="ge">4.8</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="lt">4.8</vulnerable> + </package> + </affected> + <background> + <p>A library that provides Abstract Syntax Notation One (ASN.1, as + specified by the X.680 ITU-T recommendation) parsing and structures + management, and Distinguished Encoding Rules (DER, as per X.690) encoding + and decoding functions. + </p> + </background> + <description> + <p>Libtasn1 does not correctly handle certain malformed DER certificates.</p> + </description> + <impact type="normal"> + <p>A remote attacker could entice a user or automated system to process a + specially crafted certificate using Libtasn1, resulting in a Denial of + Service condition. + </p> + </impact> + <workaround> + <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p> + </workaround> + <resolution> + <p>All Libtasn1 users should upgrade to the latest version:</p> + + <code> + # emerge --sync + # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-libs/libtasn1-4.8" + </code> + </resolution> + <references> + <uri link="http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-4008">CVE-2016-4008</uri> + </references> + <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2017-02-22T11:00:00Z">b-man</metadata> + <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2017-03-28T02:54:28Z">whissi</metadata> +</glsa> |