CVE-2017-6891
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-6891
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-6891.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2017-6891
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2017-05-22T19:29:00Z
- Modified
- 2025-10-15T09:03:42.947976Z
- Severity
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- 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
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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
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- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3861
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98641
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038619
- https://secuniaresearch.flexerasoftware.com/secunia_research/2017-11/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-11
- https://secuniaresearch.flexerasoftware.com/advisories/76125/
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=libtasn1.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=5520704d075802df25ce4ffccc010ba1641bd484
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00018.html
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E