CVE-2016-2053

Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2053
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-2053.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-2053
Related
Published
2016-05-02T10:59:25Z
Modified
2024-09-18T01:00:22Z
Severity
  • 4.7 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

The asn1berdecoder function in lib/asn1decoder.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 publickeyverifysignature function in crypto/asymmetrickeys/publickey.c.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / linux

Package

Name
linux
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.3.1-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / linux

Package

Name
linux
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.3.1-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / linux

Package

Name
linux
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.3.1-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}