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    CVE-2017-10790

    The _asn1_check_identifier function in GNU Libtasn1 through 4.12 causes a NULL pointer dereference and crash when reading crafted input that triggers assignment of a NULL value within an asn1_node structure. It may lead to a remote denial of service attack.

    Published:Jun 22, 2017
    Last Modified:Apr 20, 2025
    EPS:Jul 2, 2017
    EPSS Score:0.00339
    CVSS Score:7.5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Gnu
    Product
    Libtasn1

    Exploits

    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1464141https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1464141

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

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    References

    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1464141
    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://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00026.html
    https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-11
    https://usn.ubuntu.com/3547-1/
    https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4106
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1464141
    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://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00026.html
    https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-11
    https://usn.ubuntu.com/3547-1/
    https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4106

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