vulnerability
Ubuntu: USN-2982-1 (CVE-2016-4356): Libksba vulnerabilities
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | May 17, 2016 | May 17, 2016 | Apr 14, 2025 |
Description
Hanno Böck discovered that Libksba incorrectly handled decoding certain BER
data. An attacker could use this issue to cause Libksba to crash, resulting
in a denial of service. This issue only applied to Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-4353)
Hanno Böck discovered that Libksba incorrectly handled decoding certain BER
data. An attacker could use this issue to cause Libksba to crash, resulting
in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only
applied to Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-4354,
CVE-2016-4355)
Hanno Böck discovered that Libksba incorrectly handled incorrect utf-8
strings when decoding certain DN data. An attacker could use this issue to
cause Libksba to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly
execute arbitrary code. This issue only applied to Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-4356)
Pascal Cuoq discovered that Libksba incorrectly handled incorrect utf-8
strings when decoding certain DN data. An attacker could use this issue to
cause Libksba to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly
execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-4574)
Pascal Cuoq discovered that Libksba incorrectly handled decoding certain
data. An attacker could use this issue to cause Libksba to crash, resulting
in a denial of service. (CVE-2016-4579)
Solution
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