CVE-2016-4574

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2016-05-10
CWE:
CWE-172
Bugzilla:
1334831: CVE-2016-4574 libksba: Incomplete fix for CVE-2016-4356

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

Off-by-one error in the append_utf8_value function in the DN decoder (dn.c) in Libksba before 1.3.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via invalid utf-8 encoded data. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2016-4356.

Find out more about CVE-2016-4574 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 5.1
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity High
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial

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Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 libksba Fix deferred
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 libksba Fix deferred
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 libksba Fix deferred

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