Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-201706-10

Severity: High
Date : 2017-06-12
CVE-ID : CVE-2017-6891
Package : lib32-libtasn1
Type : arbitrary code execution
Remote : No
Link : https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-286

Summary

The package lib32-libtasn1 before version 4.11-1 is vulnerable to
arbitrary code execution.

Resolution

Upgrade to 4.11-1.

pacman -Syu “lib32-libtasn1>=4.11-1”

The problem has been fixed upstream in version 4.11.

Workaround

None.

Description

Two errors in the “asn1_find_node()” 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.

Impact

An attacker can execute arbitrary code on the affected host by tricking
a local user into processing a specially crafted assignments file.

References

https://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=libtasn1.git;a=commitdiff;h=5520704d075802df25ce4ffccc010ba1641bd484
https://secuniaresearch.flexerasoftware.com/secunia_research/2017-11/
https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2017-6891