CVE-2017-6891

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.
References
Link Resource
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=libtasn1.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=5520704d075802df25ce4ffccc010ba1641bd484
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00018.html Broken Link
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3861 Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98641 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038619 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
https://secuniaresearch.flexerasoftware.com/advisories/76125/ Permissions Required
https://secuniaresearch.flexerasoftware.com/secunia_research/2017-11/ Patch Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-11 Third Party Advisory
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=libtasn1.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=5520704d075802df25ce4ffccc010ba1641bd484
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00018.html Broken Link
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3861 Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98641 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038619 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
https://secuniaresearch.flexerasoftware.com/advisories/76125/ Permissions Required
https://secuniaresearch.flexerasoftware.com/secunia_research/2017-11/ Patch Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-11 Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:gnu:libtasn1:4.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 3 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:apache:bookkeeper:4.12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2017-05-22 19:29

Updated : 2025-04-20 01:37


NVD link : CVE-2017-6891

Mitre link : CVE-2017-6891

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2017-6891


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Products Affected

apache

  • bookkeeper

gnu

  • libtasn1

debian

  • debian_linux
CWE
CWE-787

Out-of-bounds Write