CVE-2016-4574 - Off-by-one error in the append_utf8_value function in the DN decoder (dn.c) in Libksba before 1.3.4

CVE-2016-4574

Summary

Off-by-one error in the append_utf8_value function in the DN decoder (dn.c) in Libksba before 1.3.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via invalid utf-8 encoded data. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2016-4356.

References

Vulnerable Configurations

cpe:2.3:a:gnupg:libksba:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnupg:libksba:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS

Base:	5.0 (as of 18-05-2023 - 18:08)
Impact:
Exploitability:

CWE

CWE-189

CAPEC

Access

Vector	Complexity	Authentication
NETWORK	LOW	NONE

Impact

Confidentiality	Integrity	Availability
NONE	NONE	PARTIAL

cvss-vector via4

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

refmap via4

confirm	http://git.gnupg.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=libksba.git;a=commit;h=6be61daac047d8e6aa941eb103f8e71a1d4e3c75
mlist	[oss-security] 20160510 Re: CVE request: three issues in libksba [oss-security] 20160510 Re: Re: CVE request: three issues in libksba
suse	openSUSE-SU-2016:1370 openSUSE-SU-2016:1525
ubuntu	USN-2982-1

Last major update

18-05-2023 - 18:08

Published

13-06-2016 - 19:59

Last modified

18-05-2023 - 18:08