SB2023120530 - Fedora 38 update for perl-CryptX
Published: December 5, 2023
Security Bulletin ID
SB2023120530
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-17362)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) atttack.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition within the der_decode_utf8_string() function in der_decode_utf8_string.c file in LibTomCrypt. A remote attacker can pass to the application specially crafted DER-encoded data, trigger out-of-bounds read error and cause application crash.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.