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Debian 7 Wheezy: DLA-1038-1 Critical: LibTasn1 Remote DoS

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Calendar Grey July 24, 2017
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Enhance your libtasn1-3 installation to rectify a serious NULL pointer vulnerability in Debian that could result in a service interruption.
CVE-2017-10790 The _asn1_check_identifier function in GNU Libtasn1 through 4.12 causes a NULL pointer dereference and crash when reading crafted input that triggers assignment of a...
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Summary


For Debian 7 "Wheezy", these problems have been fixed in version
2.13-2+deb7u5.

We recommend that you upgrade your libtasn1-3 packages.

Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS



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Package: libtasn1-3
Version: 2.13-2+deb7u5
CVE ID: CVE-2017-10790

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