ghsa-ch46-3x6h-7qrw
Vulnerability from github
Published
2022-05-13 01:09
Modified
2025-04-20 03:38
Severity ?
8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2017-6891"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-119",
      "CWE-787"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2017-05-22T19:29:00Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "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.",
  "id": "GHSA-ch46-3x6h-7qrw",
  "modified": "2025-04-20T03:38:04Z",
  "published": "2022-05-13T01:09:01Z",
  "references": [
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    },
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b@%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
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    },
    {
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    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://secuniaresearch.flexerasoftware.com/advisories/76125"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://secuniaresearch.flexerasoftware.com/secunia_research/2017-11"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-11"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=libtasn1.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=5520704d075802df25ce4ffccc010ba1641bd484"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=libtasn1.git;a=commit;h=5520704d075802df25ce4ffccc010ba1641bd484"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00018.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3861"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98641"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038619"
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      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}


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