SB2017101312 - Gentoo update for GNU Libtasn1
Published: October 13, 2017
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017101312
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
2
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) Null pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-10790)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.The weakness exists in the _asn1_check_identifier function in GNU Libtasn1 due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can submit a specially crafted input, trigger assignment of a NULL value within an asn1_node structure and cause the service to crash.
2) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-6891)
A remote attacker can execute arbitrary code on the target system.The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in "asn1_find_node()" function (lib/parser_aux.c) within GnuTLS libtasn1 version 4.10 when processing a specially crafted assignments file via the e.g. asn1Coding utility. A remote attacker can trick the victim into opening a specially crafted file, trigger stack-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code with privileges of the current user.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to compromise vulnerable system.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.