Debian: DSA-3568-1: libtasn1-6 security update
Debian: DSA-3568-1: libtasn1-6 security update
Pascal Cuoq and Miod Vallat discovered that Libtasn1, a library to manage ASN.1 structures, does not correctly handle certain malformed DER certificates. A remote attacker can take advantage of this flaw to cause an application using the Libtasn1 library to hang, resulting in a denial
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-3568-1 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. https://www.debian.org/security/ Salvatore Bonaccorso May 05, 2016 https://www.debian.org/security/faq - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Package : libtasn1-6 CVE ID : CVE-2016-4008 Pascal Cuoq and Miod Vallat discovered that Libtasn1, a library to manage ASN.1 structures, does not correctly handle certain malformed DER certificates. A remote attacker can take advantage of this flaw to cause an application using the Libtasn1 library to hang, resulting in a denial of service. For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 4.2-3+deb8u2. For the testing distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 4.8-1. For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 4.8-1. We recommend that you upgrade your libtasn1-6 packages. Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://www.debian.org/security/ Mailing list: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.