Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : libtasn1 (MDVSA-2012:039)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 58491

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Synopsis

The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

A vulnerability has been found and corrected in libtasn1 :

The asn1_get_length_der function in decoding.c in GNU Libtasn1 before 2.12, as used in GnuTLS before 3.0.16 and other products, does not properly handle certain large length values, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted ASN.1 structure (CVE-2012-1569).

The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 58491

File Name: mandriva_MDVSA-2012-039.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Family: Mandriva Local Security Checks

Published: 3/27/2012

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64tasn1-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64tasn1_3, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libtasn1-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libtasn1-tools, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libtasn1_3, cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2010.1, cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2011

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/Mandrake/release, Host/Mandrake/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/27/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-1569

BID: 52668

MDVSA: 2012:039

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