MGASA-2017-0159

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    MGASA-2017-0159

    Published: 8 Jun 2017Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-6891

    Summary: Updated libtasn1 packages fix security vulnerability

    Details: Jakub Jirasek of Secunia Research discovered that libtasn1 did not properly validate its input. This would allow an attacker to cause a crash by denial-of-service, or potentially execute arbitrary code, by tricking a user into processing a maliciously crafted assignments file (CVE-2017-6891).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0159.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20931, https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3861

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: libtasn1

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

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -4.2-4.2.mga5

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
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    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Scope
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    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
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    Availability
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