Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : libtasn1 (MDVSA-2015:232)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 83329

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Synopsis

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

Description

Updated libtasn1 packages fix security vulnerability :

A malformed certificate input could cause a heap overflow read in the DER decoding functions of Libtasn1. The heap overflow happens in the function _asn1_extract_der_octet() (CVE-2015-3622).

Solution

Update the affected lib64tasn1-devel, lib64tasn1_6 and / or libtasn1-tools packages.

See Also

http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0200.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 83329

File Name: mandriva_MDVSA-2015-232.nasl

Version: 2.5

Type: local

Published: 5/11/2015

Updated: 1/14/2021

Dependencies: ssh_get_info.nasl

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64tasn1-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64tasn1_6, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libtasn1-tools, cpe:/o:mandriva:business_server:1, cpe:/o:mandriva:business_server:2

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

Patch Publication Date: 5/8/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-3622

MDVSA: 2015:232