USN-2957-1

Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2957-1
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-2957-1.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/USN-2957-1
Related
Published
2016-05-02T16:46:07.694468Z
Modified
2016-05-02T16:46:07.694468Z
Summary
libtasn1-3, libtasn1-6 vulnerability
Details

Pascal Cuoq and Miod Vallat discovered that Libtasn1 incorrectly handled certain malformed DER certificates. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause applications using Libtasn1 to hang, resulting in a denial of service.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / libtasn1-6

Package

Name
libtasn1-6
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libtasn1-6?arch=src?distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.4-3ubuntu0.4

Affected versions

3.*

3.3-2
3.4-2
3.4-3
3.4-3ubuntu0.1
3.4-3ubuntu0.2
3.4-3ubuntu0.3

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "3.4-3ubuntu0.4",
            "binary_name": "libtasn1-3-bin"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.4-3ubuntu0.4",
            "binary_name": "libtasn1-3-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.4-3ubuntu0.4",
            "binary_name": "libtasn1-6"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.4-3ubuntu0.4",
            "binary_name": "libtasn1-6-dbg"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.4-3ubuntu0.4",
            "binary_name": "libtasn1-6-dbgsym"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.4-3ubuntu0.4",
            "binary_name": "libtasn1-6-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.4-3ubuntu0.4",
            "binary_name": "libtasn1-bin"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.4-3ubuntu0.4",
            "binary_name": "libtasn1-bin-dbgsym"
        }
    ]
}