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Ubuntu: USN-3547-1 (CVE-2017-10790): Libtasn1 vulnerabilities

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Jul 1, 2017
Added
Jan 26, 2018
Modified
Mar 27, 2026

Description

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.

Solution

ubuntu-upgrade-libtasn1-6
Title
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