Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-201505-5
========================================
Severity: Critical
Date    : 2015-05-08
CVE-ID  : CVE-2015-3622
Package : libtasn1
Type    : arbitrary code execution
Remote  : Yes
Link    : https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/CVE

Summary
======
The package libtasn1 before version 4.5-1 is vulnerable to arbitrary
code execution.

Resolution
=========
Upgrade to 4.5-1.

# pacman -Syu "libtasn1>=4.5-1"

The problem has been fixed upstream in version 4.5.

Workaround
=========
None.

Description
==========
A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the way the libtasn1
library decoded certain DER-encoded input. A specially crafted,
DER-encoded input could cause an application using libtasn1 to perform
an invalid read, causing the application to crash or, possibly, execute
arbitrary code.
The heap overflow happens in the function _asn1_extract_der_octet() that
is called during decoding of DER-encoded input.

Impact
=====
A remote attacker is able to use a specially crafted certificate that is
leading to arbitrary code execution during decoding.

References
=========
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=libtasn1.git;a=commitdiff;h=f979435
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-3622

ArchLinux: 201505-5: libtasn1: arbitrary code execution

May 8, 2015

Summary

A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the way the libtasn1 library decoded certain DER-encoded input. A specially crafted, DER-encoded input could cause an application using libtasn1 to perform an invalid read, causing the application to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code. The heap overflow happens in the function _asn1_extract_der_octet() that is called during decoding of DER-encoded input.

Resolution

Upgrade to 4.5-1. # pacman -Syu "libtasn1>=4.5-1"
The problem has been fixed upstream in version 4.5.

References

http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=libtasn1.git;a=commitdiff;h=f979435 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-3622

Severity
Package : libtasn1
Type : arbitrary code execution
Remote : Yes
Link : https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/CVE

Workaround

None.

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