GLSA-200602-08 : libtasn1, GNU TLS: Security flaw in DER decoding

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200602-08 libtasn1, GNU TLS: Security flaw in DER decoding Evgeny Legerov has reported a flaw in the DER decoding routines provided by libtasn1, which could cause an out of bounds access to occur. Impact : A remote attacker could...

libtasn1, GNU TLS: Security flaw in DER decoding

Background Libtasn1 is a library used to parse ASN.1 Abstract Syntax Notation One objects, and perform DER Distinguished Encoding Rules decoding. Libtasn1 is included with the GNU TLS library, which is used by applications to provide a cryptographically secure communications channel. Description...