CVE-2014-3468
high
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
7.5
Description
The asn1_get_bit_der function in GNU Libtasn1 before 3.6 does not properly report an error when a negative bit length is identified, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause out-of-bounds access via crafted ASN.1 data.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 3.6-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 3.6-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 3.6-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 3.6-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 3.6-1 |
| suse | 11 | affected | |
| debian | 7.0 | affected | |
| rhel | 5.0 | affected | |
| rhel | 6.0 | affected | |
| rhel | 7.0 | affected | |
| rhel | 6.5 | affected | |
| rhel | 7.3 | affected | |
| rhel | 7.4 | affected | |
| rhel | 7.5 | affected | |
| rhel | 7.6 | affected | |
| rhel | 7.7 | affected | |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| gnu | gnutls | {"endExcluding":"3.5.7"} | 3.5.7 |
| gnu | libtasn1 | {"endExcluding":"3.6"} | 3.6 |
| redhat | virtualization | 6.0 | |
References
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0247.html
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/libtasn1.git/commit/?id=1c3ccb3e040bf13e342ee60bc23b21b97b11923f
- http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-0594.html
- http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-0596.html
- http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-libtasn1/2014-05/msg00006.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-06/msg00002.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-06/msg00015.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0594.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0596.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0687.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0815.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/58591
- http://secunia.com/advisories/58614
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59021
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59057
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59408
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60320
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60415
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61888
- http://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/15000/400/sol15423.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3056
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:116
- http://www.novell.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=7015302
- http://www.novell.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=7015303
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1102323
CWEs
CWE-131
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.