UBUNTU-CVE-2017-6891

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Source

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-6891

Import Source

https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-6891.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-6891

Related

Published

2017-05-22T00:00:00Z

Modified

2017-05-22T00:00:00Z

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
8.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/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

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / libtasn1-6

Package

Name: libtasn1-6
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/libtasn1-6@3.4-3ubuntu0.5?arch=src?distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

3.4-3ubuntu0.5

Affected versions

3.*

3.3-2

3.4-2

3.4-3

3.4-3ubuntu0.1

3.4-3ubuntu0.2

3.4-3ubuntu0.3

3.4-3ubuntu0.4

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "libtasn1-6-dbg": "3.4-3ubuntu0.5",
            "libtasn1-6-dbgsym": "3.4-3ubuntu0.5",
            "libtasn1-3-dev": "3.4-3ubuntu0.5",
            "libtasn1-3-bin": "3.4-3ubuntu0.5",
            "libtasn1-6": "3.4-3ubuntu0.5",
            "libtasn1-6-dev": "3.4-3ubuntu0.5",
            "libtasn1-bin": "3.4-3ubuntu0.5",
            "libtasn1-bin-dbgsym": "3.4-3ubuntu0.5"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / libtasn1-6

Package

Name: libtasn1-6
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/libtasn1-6@4.7-3ubuntu0.16.04.2?arch=src?distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

4.7-3ubuntu0.16.04.2

Affected versions

4.*

4.5-2

4.7-2

4.7-3

4.7-3ubuntu0.16.04.1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "libtasn1-6-dbgsym": "4.7-3ubuntu0.16.04.2",
            "libtasn1-6": "4.7-3ubuntu0.16.04.2",
            "libtasn1-3-bin": "4.7-3ubuntu0.16.04.2",
            "libtasn1-bin": "4.7-3ubuntu0.16.04.2",
            "libtasn1-6-dev": "4.7-3ubuntu0.16.04.2",
            "libtasn1-bin-dbgsym": "4.7-3ubuntu0.16.04.2",
            "libtasn1-doc": "4.7-3ubuntu0.16.04.2"
        }
    ]
}