CVEvulnerability

CVE-2016-4008

5.9 MEDIUM Published 2016-05-05 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2016-05-05
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
5.9 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
4.3 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-399

Description

The _asn1_extract_der_octet function in lib/decoding.c in GNU Libtasn1 before 4.8, when used without the ASN1_DECODE_FLAG_STRICT_DER flag, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite recursion) via a crafted certificate.

Affected configurations

• canonical ubuntu linux 12.04 • canonical ubuntu linux 14.04 • canonical ubuntu linux 15.10 • canonical ubuntu linux 16.04 • opensuse opensuse 13.2 • gnu libtasn1 (<= 4.7) • fedoraproject fedora 22 • fedoraproject fedora 23 • fedoraproject fedora 24

Related

Weakness · not in database (1)

References