USN-3309-1

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3309-1
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-3309-1.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/USN-3309-1
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Published
2017-06-05T16:35:33.337635Z
Modified
2025-10-13T04:34:24Z
Summary
libtasn1-6 vulnerability
Details

Jakub Jirasek discovered that GnuTLS incorrectly handled certain assignments files. If a user were tricked into processing a specially crafted assignments file, a remote attacker could possibly execute arbirary code.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / libtasn1-6

Package

Name
libtasn1-6
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libtasn1-6@3.4-3ubuntu0.5?arch=source&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",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "3.4-3ubuntu0.5",
            "binary_name": "libtasn1-3-bin"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.4-3ubuntu0.5",
            "binary_name": "libtasn1-3-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.4-3ubuntu0.5",
            "binary_name": "libtasn1-6"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.4-3ubuntu0.5",
            "binary_name": "libtasn1-6-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.4-3ubuntu0.5",
            "binary_name": "libtasn1-bin"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:14.04:LTS",
    "cves": [
        {
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
                },
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
                },
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "medium"
                }
            ],
            "id": "CVE-2017-6891"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / libtasn1-6

Package

Name
libtasn1-6
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libtasn1-6@4.7-3ubuntu0.16.04.2?arch=source&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",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "4.7-3ubuntu0.16.04.2",
            "binary_name": "libtasn1-3-bin"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.7-3ubuntu0.16.04.2",
            "binary_name": "libtasn1-6"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.7-3ubuntu0.16.04.2",
            "binary_name": "libtasn1-6-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.7-3ubuntu0.16.04.2",
            "binary_name": "libtasn1-bin"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:16.04:LTS",
    "cves": [
        {
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
                },
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
                },
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "medium"
                }
            ],
            "id": "CVE-2017-6891"
        }
    ]
}