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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201703-05
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https://security.gentoo.org/
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Severity: Normal
Title: GNU Libtasn1: Denial of Service
Date: March 28, 2017
Bugs: #579748
ID: 201703-05

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Synopsis
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A vulnerability in Libtasn1 allows remote attackers to cause a Denial
of Service condition.

Background
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A library that provides Abstract Syntax Notation One (ASN.1, as
specified by the X.680 ITU-T recommendation) parsing and structures
management, and Distinguished Encoding Rules (DER, as per X.690)
encoding and decoding functions.

Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 dev-libs/libtasn1 < 4.8 >= 4.8

Description
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Libtasn1 does not correctly handle certain malformed DER certificates.

Impact
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A remote attacker could entice a user or automated system to process a
specially crafted certificate using Libtasn1, resulting in a Denial of
Service condition.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All Libtasn1 users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge –sync
# emerge –ask –oneshot –verbose “>=dev-libs/libtasn1-4.8”

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2016-4008
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-4008

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201703-05

Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users’ machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2017 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons – Attribution / Share Alike license.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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