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CentOS 6 : libtasn1 (CESA-2014:0596)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 74311
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Synopsis
The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.Description
Updated libtasn1 packages that fix three security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having Moderate security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section.
The libtasn1 library provides Abstract Syntax Notation One (ASN.1) parsing and structures management, and Distinguished Encoding Rules (DER) encoding and decoding functions.
It was discovered that the asn1_get_bit_der() function of the libtasn1 library incorrectly reported the length of ASN.1-encoded data.
Specially crafted ASN.1 input could cause an application using libtasn1 to perform an out-of-bounds access operation, causing the application to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2014-3468)
Multiple incorrect buffer boundary check issues were discovered in libtasn1. Specially crafted ASN.1 input could cause an application using libtasn1 to crash. (CVE-2014-3467)
Multiple NULL pointer dereference flaws were found in libtasn1's asn1_read_value() function. Specially crafted ASN.1 input could cause an application using libtasn1 to crash, if the application used the aforementioned function in a certain way. (CVE-2014-3469)
Red Hat would like to thank GnuTLS upstream for reporting these issues.
All libtasn1 users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which correct these issues. For the update to take effect, all applications linked to the libtasn1 library must be restarted.
Solution
Update the affected libtasn1 packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 74311
File Name: centos_RHSA-2014-0596.nasl
Version: 1.9
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: CentOS Local Security Checks
Published: 6/5/2014
Updated: 1/4/2021
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.9
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.8
Temporal Score: 5.9
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-3468
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libtasn1, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libtasn1-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libtasn1-tools, cpe:/o:centos:centos:6
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/CentOS/release, Host/CentOS/rpm-list
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 6/4/2014
Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/5/2014
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2014-3467, CVE-2014-3468, CVE-2014-3469
RHSA: 2014:0596