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CVE-2017-6891

UNKNOWN
Published 2017-05-22T19:00:00
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Description

Two errors in the "asn1_find_node()" function (lib/parser_aux.c) within GnuTLS libtasn1 version 4.10 can be exploited to cause a stacked-based buffer overflow by tricking a user into processing a specially crafted assignments file via the e.g. asn1Coding utility.

Available Exploits

No exploits available for this CVE.

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Affected Products

Flexera Software LLC

GnuTLS libtasn1

Affected Versions:

4.10. Other versions may also be affected.

GitHub Security Advisories

Community-driven vulnerability intelligence from GitHub

⚠ Unreviewed HIGH

GHSA-ch46-3x6h-7qrw

Advisory Details

Two errors in the "asn1_find_node()" function (lib/parser_aux.c) within GnuTLS libtasn1 version 4.10 can be exploited to cause a stacked-based buffer overflow by tricking a user into processing a specially crafted assignments file via the e.g. asn1Coding utility.

CVSS Scoring

CVSS Score

7.5

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-6891
WEB https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
WEB https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b@%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
WEB https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
WEB https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4@%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
WEB https://secuniaresearch.flexerasoftware.com/advisories/76125
WEB https://secuniaresearch.flexerasoftware.com/secunia_research/2017-11
WEB https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-11
WEB http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=libtasn1.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=5520704d075802df25ce4ffccc010ba1641bd484
WEB http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=libtasn1.git;a=commit;h=5520704d075802df25ce4ffccc010ba1641bd484
WEB http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00018.html
WEB http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3861
WEB http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98641
WEB http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038619

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: May 13, 2022, Modified: April 20, 2025

References

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-11
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3861
https://secuniaresearch.flexerasoftware.com/advisories/76125/
https://secuniaresearch.flexerasoftware.com/secunia_research/2017-11/
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=libtasn1.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=5520704d075802df25ce4ffccc010ba1641bd484
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98641
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038619
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00018.html
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
Published: 2017-05-22T19:00:00
Last Modified: 2024-08-05T15:41:17.677Z
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