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CVE-2012-1569 Detail

Description

The asn1_get_length_der function in decoding.c in GNU Libtasn1 before 2.12, as used in GnuTLS before 3.0.16 and other products, does not properly handle certain large length values, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted ASN.1 structure.

Source:  MITRE
Description Last Modified:  03/26/2012

Impact

CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.0 MEDIUM
Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) (V2 legend)
Impact Subscore: 2.9
Exploitability Subscore: 10.0

Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (AU): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Partial
Additional Information:
Allows disruption of service

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Hyperlink Resource
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-03/0099.html
http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.encryption.gpg.gnutls.devel/5932 Patch
http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gnu.libtasn1.general/53
http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gnu.libtasn1.general/54
http://blog.mudynamics.com/2012/03/20/gnutls-and-libtasn1-vulns/ Exploit
http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-0596.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/076856.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/076865.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/077284.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/077339.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/078207.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-March/076699.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00001.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0427.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0488.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0531.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/48505
http://secunia.com/advisories/48578
http://secunia.com/advisories/49002
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2440
http://www.gnu.org/software/gnutls/security.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:039
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/20/3
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/20/8
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/21/5
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026829
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1436-1
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=804920

Technical Details

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Vulnerable software and versions Switch to CPE 2.2

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2012-1569
NVD Published Date:
03/26/2012
NVD Last Modified:
01/17/2018