CVE-2016-4008

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2016-04-11
CWE:
CWE-835
Bugzilla:
1325965: CVE-2016-4008 libtasn1: infinite loop while parsing DER certificates

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

The _asn1_extract_der_octet function in lib/decoding.c in GNU Libtasn1 before 4.8, when used without the ASN1_DECODE_FLAG_STRICT_DER flag, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite recursion) via a crafted certificate.

Find out more about CVE-2016-4008 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score 4.3
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial

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Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 libtasn1 Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 libtasn1 Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 gnutls Will not fix
RHEV Manager 3 mingw-virt-viewer Will not fix

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