CVE-2016-4008
medium
CVSS v3
5.9
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
5.9
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
69%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 4.8-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 4.8-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 4.8-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 4.8-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 4.8-1 |
| suse | 13.2 | affected | |
| ubuntu | 12.04 | affected | |
| ubuntu | 14.04 | affected | |
| ubuntu | 15.10 | affected | |
| ubuntu | 16.04 | affected | |
| fedora | 22 | affected | |
| fedora | 23 | affected | |
| fedora | 24 | affected | |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| gnu | libtasn1 | {"endIncluding":"4.7"} | |
References
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4008.html
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=libtasn1.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a6e0a0b58f5cdaf4e9beca5bce69c09808cbb625
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=libtasn1.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f435825c0f527a8e52e6ffbc3ad0bc60531d537e
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/182299.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/182907.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183221.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00047.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00097.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3568
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/11/3
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2957-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2957-2
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-libtasn1/2016-04/msg00009.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201703-05
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-4008
CWEs
CWE-399
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.