UBUNTU-CVE-2017-10790

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2017-10790

    Published: 1 Jul 2017Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-10790
    Aliases:
    USN-3547-1

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-10790, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3547-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-10790

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: libtasn1-6

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.4-3ubuntu0.6

    Affected versions

    3.3-2

    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