CVE-2012-1569
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
The asn1_get_length_der function in decoding.c in GNU Libtasn1 before 2.12, as used in GnuTLS before 3.0.16 and other products, does not properly handle certain large length values, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted ASN.1 structure.
Find out more about CVE-2012-1569 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
CVSS v2 metrics
| Base Score | 5 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | Low |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | None |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | Partial |
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Red Hat Security Errata
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (gnutls) | RHSA-2012:0428 | 2012-03-27 |
| RHEV Agents (VDSM) | RHSA-2012:0488 | 2012-04-17 |
| RHEV Hypervisor for RHEL-6 (rhev-hypervisor6) | RHSA-2012:0531 | 2012-04-30 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (libtasn1) | RHSA-2012:0427 | 2012-03-27 |
Affected Packages State
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | libtasn1 | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | mingw32-gnutls | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | gnutls | Will not fix |
Acknowledgements
Red Hat would like to thank Matthew Hall of Mu Dynamics for reporting this issue.CVE description copyright © 2017, The MITRE Corporation