DEBIAN-CVE-2017-6891

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-6891
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-6891.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-6891
Upstream
Published
2017-05-22T19:29:00Z
Modified
2025-09-25T22:40:49Z
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

Debian:11 / libtasn1-6

Package

Name
libtasn1-6
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libtasn1-6?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.10-1.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / libtasn1-6

Package

Name
libtasn1-6
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libtasn1-6?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.10-1.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / libtasn1-6

Package

Name
libtasn1-6
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libtasn1-6?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.10-1.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:14 / libtasn1-6

Package

Name
libtasn1-6
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libtasn1-6?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.10-1.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}