Gentoo: GLSA-201408-09: GNU Libtasn1: Multiple vulnerabilities
Summary
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in GNU Libtasn1. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
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
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.
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.
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.