UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4579

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-4579
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4579.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4579
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Published
2016-05-13T00:00:00Z
Modified
2025-07-16T07:33:15.805824Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

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 ksbaberparsetl."

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / libksba

Package

Name
libksba
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libksba@1.3.0-3ubuntu0.14.04.2?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.3.0-3ubuntu0.14.04.2

Affected versions

1.*

1.3.0-2
1.3.0-2ubuntu1
1.3.0-3
1.3.0-3ubuntu0.14.04.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1.3.0-3ubuntu0.14.04.2",
            "binary_name": "libksba-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.3.0-3ubuntu0.14.04.2",
            "binary_name": "libksba8"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.3.0-3ubuntu0.14.04.2",
            "binary_name": "libksba8-dbgsym"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / libksba

Package

Name
libksba
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libksba@1.3.3-1ubuntu0.16.04.1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.3.3-1ubuntu0.16.04.1

Affected versions

1.*

1.3.3-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1.3.3-1ubuntu0.16.04.1",
            "binary_name": "libksba-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.3.3-1ubuntu0.16.04.1",
            "binary_name": "libksba8"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.3.3-1ubuntu0.16.04.1",
            "binary_name": "libksba8-dbgsym"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}