CVE-2014-3469

Description

The (1) asn1_read_value_type and (2) asn1_read_value functions in GNU Libtasn1 before 3.6 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via a NULL value in an ivalue argument.

Category

5.0
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 5.47% Top 15%
Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory gnu.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/60320 third party advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3056 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.novell.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=7015302 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/59057 third party advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-06/msg00002.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-0596.html third party advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:116 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/59021 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/61888 third party advisory
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0247.html third party advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0815.html third party advisory vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1102329 issue tracking third party advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0596.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-libtasn1/2014-05/msg00006.html mailing list patch vendor advisory
http://www.novell.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=7015303 third party advisory
http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-0594.html third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/58591 third party advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0687.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/58614 third party advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-06/msg00015.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0594.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/60415 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/59408 third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2014-3469?
CVE-2014-3469 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2014-3469?
To fix CVE-2014-3469, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2014-3469 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2014-3469 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~5% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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