CVE-2016-4579

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2016-05-10
CWE:
CWE-125
Bugzilla:
1335396: CVE-2016-4579 libksba: Out-of-bounds read in _ksba_ber_parse_tl

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

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."

Find out more about CVE-2016-4579 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 libksba Fix deferred
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 libksba Fix deferred
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 libksba Fix deferred

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