CVE-2016-4574

Description

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

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2982-1

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/10/4

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/10/3

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00028.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00087.html

http://git.gnupg.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=libksba.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6be61daac047d8e6aa941eb103f8e71a1d4e3c75

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3