The _asn1_check_identifier function in GNU Libtasn1 through 4.12 causes a NULL pointer dereference and crash when reading crafted input that triggers assignment of a NULL value within an asn1_node structure. It may lead to a remote denial of service attack.
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1464141
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-11
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4106
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3547-1/
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00026.html
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/[email protected]%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/[email protected]%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
Source: MITRE
Published: 2017-07-02
Updated: 2021-06-29
Type: CWE-476
Base Score: 5
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Impact Score: 2.9
Exploitability Score: 10
Severity: MEDIUM
Base Score: 7.5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Impact Score: 3.6
Exploitability Score: 3.9
Severity: HIGH