ALPINE-CVE-2017-6891

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Source
https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2017-6891
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2017-6891.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/ALPINE-CVE-2017-6891
Upstream
Published
2017-05-22T19:29:00Z
Modified
2025-09-25T23:56:26.046636Z
Severity
  • 8.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

Two errors in the "asn1findnode()" function (lib/parser_aux.c) within GnuTLS libtasn1 version 4.10 can be exploited to cause a stacked-based buffer overflow by tricking a user into processing a specially crafted assignments file via the e.g. asn1Coding utility.

References

Affected packages

Alpine:v3.3 / libtasn1

Package

Name
libtasn1
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/libtasn1?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.7-r2

Affected versions

1.*

1.8-r0

2.*

2.0-r0
2.1-r0
2.2-r0
2.4-r0
2.5-r0
2.5-r1
2.6-r0
2.6-r1
2.6-r2
2.8-r0
2.8-r1
2.9-r0
2.9-r1
2.12-r0
2.13-r0
2.14-r0

3.*

3.1-r0
3.2-r0
3.3-r0
3.4-r0
3.6-r0

4.*

4.1-r0
4.2-r0
4.4-r0
4.5-r0
4.6-r0
4.7-r0
4.7-r1

Alpine:v3.4 / libtasn1

Package

Name
libtasn1
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/libtasn1?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.8-r1

Affected versions

1.*

1.8-r0

2.*

2.0-r0
2.1-r0
2.2-r0
2.4-r0
2.5-r0
2.5-r1
2.6-r0
2.6-r1
2.6-r2
2.8-r0
2.8-r1
2.9-r0
2.9-r1
2.12-r0
2.13-r0
2.14-r0

3.*

3.1-r0
3.2-r0
3.3-r0
3.4-r0
3.6-r0

4.*

4.1-r0
4.2-r0
4.4-r0
4.5-r0
4.6-r0
4.7-r0
4.8-r0

Alpine:v3.5 / libtasn1

Package

Name
libtasn1
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/libtasn1?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.9-r1

Affected versions

1.*

1.8-r0

2.*

2.0-r0
2.1-r0
2.2-r0
2.4-r0
2.5-r0
2.5-r1
2.6-r0
2.6-r1
2.6-r2
2.8-r0
2.8-r1
2.9-r0
2.9-r1
2.12-r0
2.13-r0
2.14-r0

3.*

3.1-r0
3.2-r0
3.3-r0
3.4-r0
3.6-r0

4.*

4.1-r0
4.2-r0
4.4-r0
4.5-r0
4.6-r0
4.7-r0
4.8-r0
4.9-r0

Alpine:v3.6 / libtasn1

Package

Name
libtasn1
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/libtasn1?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.10-r1

Affected versions

1.*

1.8-r0

2.*

2.0-r0
2.1-r0
2.2-r0
2.4-r0
2.5-r0
2.5-r1
2.6-r0
2.6-r1
2.6-r2
2.8-r0
2.8-r1
2.9-r0
2.9-r1
2.12-r0
2.13-r0
2.14-r0

3.*

3.1-r0
3.2-r0
3.3-r0
3.4-r0
3.6-r0

4.*

4.1-r0
4.2-r0
4.4-r0
4.5-r0
4.6-r0
4.7-r0
4.8-r0
4.9-r0
4.10-r0