SUSE-SU-2016:1509-1

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    SUSE-SU-2016:1509-1

    Published: 7 Jun 2016Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026

    Summary: Security update for libksba

    Details: This update for libksba fixes the following issues: - CVE-2016-4579: Out-of-bounds read in _ksba_ber_parse_tl() - CVE-2016-4574: two OOB read access bugs (remote DoS) (bsc#979261) Also adding reliability fixes from v1.3.4.

    References: https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2016/suse-su-20161509-1/, https://bugzilla.suse.com/979261, https://bugzilla.suse.com/979906, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4574, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4579

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: libksba

    Purl: pkg:rpm/suse/libksba&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2011%20SP4

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.0.4-1.25.1

    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
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High