SB2014060901 - Input validation error in libtasn1 (Alpine package)



SB2014060901 - Input validation error in libtasn1 (Alpine package)

Published: June 9, 2014

Security Bulletin ID SB2014060901
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2014-3467)

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the DER decoder in GNU Libtasn1 before 3.6, as used in GnuTLS, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via crafted ASN.1 data.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.