CVE-2016-4008
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4008
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-4008.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-4008
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2016-05-05T18:59:10.380Z
- Modified
- 2025-11-20T10:26:45.520150Z
- Severity
-
- 5.9 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
-
The asn1extractderoctet function in lib/decoding.c in GNU Libtasn1 before 4.8, when used without the ASN1DECODEFLAGSTRICTDER flag, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite recursion) via a crafted certificate.
- References
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- 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.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/11/3
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-libtasn1/2016-04/msg00009.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3568
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2957-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2957-2
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201703-05
Affected packages
Git / gitlab.com/gnutls/libtasn1
Affected ranges
- Type
- GIT
- Repo
- https://gitlab.com/gnutls/libtasn1
- Events
-
Introduced0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affectedLast affected
Affected versions
Other
gnutls_0_5_0
gnutls_0_5_1
libasn1_0_1_0
libtasn1-0-3-2
libtasn1_0_1_2
libtasn1_0_2_0
libtasn1_0_2_1
libtasn1_0_2_10
libtasn1_0_2_11
libtasn1_0_2_12
libtasn1_0_2_13
libtasn1_0_2_14
libtasn1_0_2_15
libtasn1_0_2_16
libtasn1_0_2_17
libtasn1_0_2_18
libtasn1_0_2_2
libtasn1_0_2_3
libtasn1_0_2_4
libtasn1_0_2_5
libtasn1_0_2_6
libtasn1_0_2_7
libtasn1_0_2_8
libtasn1_0_2_9
libtasn1_0_3_0
libtasn1_0_3_1
libtasn1_0_3_10
libtasn1_0_3_2
libtasn1_0_3_3
libtasn1_0_3_4
libtasn1_0_3_5
libtasn1_0_3_6
libtasn1_0_3_7
libtasn1_0_3_8
libtasn1_0_3_9
libtasn1_1_0
libtasn1_1_1
libtasn1_1_2
libtasn1_1_3
libtasn1_1_4
libtasn1_1_5
libtasn1_1_6
libtasn1_2_0
libtasn1_2_1
libtasn1_2_10
libtasn1_2_11
libtasn1_2_12
libtasn1_2_13
libtasn1_2_2
libtasn1_2_3
libtasn1_2_4
libtasn1_2_5
libtasn1_2_6
libtasn1_2_7
libtasn1_2_8
libtasn1_2_9
libtasn1_3_0
libtasn1_3_1
libtasn1_3_2
libtasn1_3_3
libtasn1_3_4
libtasn1_3_5
libtasn1_3_6
libtasn1_4_0
libtasn1_4_1
libtasn1_4_2
libtasn1_4_3
libtasn1_4_4
libtasn1_4_5
libtasn1_4_6
libtasn1_after_rename
libtasn1_4.*
libtasn1_4.7