Debian Security Advisory DSA 985-1 describes a vulnerability in libtasn1-2 affecting the DER decoding component of the Tiny ASN.1 Library, leading to out-of-bounds memory accesses and potential code execution
Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 33 |
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![]() | Fedora Core 4 : gnutls-1.0.25-2.FC4 (2006-107) | 11 Feb 200600:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | RHEL 4 : gnutls (RHSA-2006:0207) | 11 Feb 200600:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | Ubuntu 4.10 / 5.04 / 5.10 : libtasn1-2 vulnerability (USN-251-1) | 13 Mar 200600:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | Debian DSA-986-1 : gnutls11 - buffer overflows | 14 Oct 200600:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | CentOS 4 : gnutls (CESA-2006:0207) | 5 Jul 200600:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | GLSA-200602-08 : libtasn1, GNU TLS: Security flaw in DER decoding | 17 Feb 200600:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : gnutls (MDKSA-2006:039) | 14 Feb 200600:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | Debian DSA-985-1 : libtasn1-2 - buffer overflows | 14 Oct 200600:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | libtasn vulnerability | 17 Feb 200600:00 | – | ubuntu |
![]() | [SECURITY] [DSA 986-1] New gnutls11 packages fix arbitrary code execution | 6 Mar 200608:05 | – | debian |
# OpenVAS Vulnerability Test
# $Id: deb_985_1.nasl 6616 2017-07-07 12:10:49Z cfischer $
# Description: Auto-generated from advisory DSA 985-1
#
# Authors:
# Thomas Reinke <[email protected]>
#
# Copyright:
# Copyright (c) 2007 E-Soft Inc. http://www.securityspace.com
# Text descriptions are largerly excerpted from the referenced
# advisory, and are Copyright (c) the respective author(s)
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2,
# as published by the Free Software Foundation
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
#
include("revisions-lib.inc");
tag_solution = "For the stable distribution (sarge) these problems have been fixed in
version 2_0.2.10-3sarge1.
For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems will be fixed soon.
We recommend that you upgrade your gnutls packages.
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%20985-1";
tag_summary = "The remote host is missing an update to libtasn1-2
announced via advisory DSA 985-1.
Evgeny Legerov discovered several out-of-bounds memory accesses in the
DER decoding component component of the Tiny ASN.1 Library that allows
attackers to crash the DER decoder and possibly execute arbitrary code.
The old stable distribution (woody) is not affected by these problems.";
if(description)
{
script_id(56358);
script_version("$Revision: 6616 $");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"$Date: 2017-07-07 14:10:49 +0200 (Fri, 07 Jul 2017) $");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2008-01-17 23:07:13 +0100 (Thu, 17 Jan 2008)");
script_cve_id("CVE-2006-0645");
script_bugtraq_id(16568);
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.5");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
script_name("Debian Security Advisory DSA 985-1 (libtasn1-2)");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (c) 2006 E-Soft Inc. http://www.securityspace.com");
script_family("Debian Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/debian_linux", "ssh/login/packages");
script_tag(name : "solution" , value : tag_solution);
script_tag(name : "summary" , value : tag_summary);
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
exit(0);
}
#
# The script code starts here
#
include("pkg-lib-deb.inc");
res = "";
report = "";
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libtasn1-2", ver:"0.2.10-3sarge1", rls:"DEB3.1")) != NULL) {
report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libtasn1-2-dev", ver:"0.2.10-3sarge1", rls:"DEB3.1")) != NULL) {
report += res;
}
if (report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if (__pkg_match) {
exit(99); # Not vulnerable.
}
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