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Gentoo: 201408-09 Advisory: GNU Libtasn1 DoS Vulnerability Alert

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Calendar Grey August 29, 2014
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GNU Libtasn1 presents several security issues, notably a potential Denial of Service threat. It is advised to perform an upgrade to enhance security.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in GNU Libtasn1, the worse of which can allow a context-dependent attacker to cause a Denial of Service condition

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in GNU Libtasn1. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service update gentoo software issue libtasn1

Resolution

All GNU Libtasn1 users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-libs/libtasn1-3.6"
Packages which depend on this library may need to be recompiled. Tools such as revdep-rebuild may assist in identifying some of these packages.

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2014-3467 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-3467 [ 2 ] CVE-2014-3468 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-3468 [ 3 ] CVE-2014-3469 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-3469

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201408-09
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Concerns

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

Severity: Normal
Title: GNU Libtasn1: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: August 29, 2014
Bugs: #511536
ID: 201408-09

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service update gentoo software issue libtasn1

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in GNU Libtasn1, the worse of which can allow a context-dependent attacker to cause a Denial of Service condition.

Background

The ASN.1 library used in GNUTLS.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 dev-libs/libtasn1 < 3.6 >= 3.6

Impact

===== A context-dependent attacker could possibly cause a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.