Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 201209-12 (libtasn1)

The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory GLSA 201209-12. OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $ Description: Auto generated from Gentoo's XML based advisory Authors: Thomas Reinke Copyright: Copyright c 2012 E-Soft Inc. http://www.securityspace.com Text descriptions are largely excerpted fr...

GLSA-201209-12 : Libtasn1: Denial of Service

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201209-12 Libtasn1: Denial of Service Libtasn1 does not properly handle length fields when performing DER decoding. Impact : A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted DER-encoded object in an application...