CVE-2017-10790

Impact:
Low
Public Date:
2017-06-22
CWE:
CWE-476
Bugzilla:
1473192: CVE-2017-10790 libtasn1: NULL pointer dereference in the _asn1_check_identifier function

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

The _asn1_check_identifier function in GNU Libtasn1 through 4.12 causes a NULL pointer dereference and crash when reading crafted input that triggers assignment of a NULL value within an asn1_node structure. It may lead to a remote denial of service attack.

Find out more about CVE-2017-10790 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v3 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v3 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS3 Base Score 3.3
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Low

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Satellite 6 libtasn1 Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 libtasn1 Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 libtasn1 Will not fix
RHEV Manager 3 ming-virt-viewer Will not fix

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