MGASA-2016-0170

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    MGASA-2016-0170

    Published: 11 May 2016Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2016-4008

    Summary: Updated libtasn1 package fixes security vulnerability

    Details: Updated libtasn1 packages fix security vulnerability: Pascal Cuoq and Miod Vallat discovered that Libtasn1 incorrectly handled certain malformed DER certificates. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause applications using Libtasn1 to hang, resulting in a denial of service (CVE-2016-4008).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2016-0170.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=18204, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2957-1/

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: libtasn1

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/libtasn1?arch=source&distro=mageia-5

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -4.2-4.1.mga5

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High