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DEBIAN-CVE-2018-1000654

GNU Libtasn1-4.13 libtasn1-4.13 version libtasn1-4.13, libtasn1-4.12 contains a DoS, specifically CPU usage will reach 100% when running asn1Paser aga...

Original description

The description as published by the source.

GNU Libtasn1-4.13 libtasn1-4.13 version libtasn1-4.13, libtasn1-4.12 contains a DoS, specifically CPU usage will reach 100% when running asn1Paser against the POC due to an issue in _asn1_expand_object_id(p_tree), after a long time, the program will be killed. This attack appears to be exploitable via parsing a crafted file.

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV

Affected packages

Debian:12 libtasn1-6

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"4.14-2"}]}]

Debian:13 libtasn1-6

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"4.14-2"}]}]

Debian:14 libtasn1-6

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"4.14-2"}]}]

References

advisory security-tracker.debian.org