CVE-2016-4579

7.5 HIGH

Published: June 13, 2016 Modified: May 06, 2026

Description

Libksba before 1.3.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and crash) via unspecified vectors, related to the "returned length of the object from _ksba_ber_parse_tl."

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0

Vector String

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://git.gnupg.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=libksba.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a7eed17a0b2a1c09ef986f3b4b323cd31cea2b64

Source: security@opentext.com

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00028.html

Source: security@opentext.com

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/10/8

Source: security@opentext.com

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/11/10

Source: security@opentext.com

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2982-1

Source: security@opentext.com

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-22

Source: security@opentext.com

http://git.gnupg.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=libksba.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a7eed17a0b2a1c09ef986f3b4b323cd31cea2b64