CVE-2015-2806

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in asn1_der_decoding in libtasn1 before 4.4 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via unknown vectors.

Category

10.0
CVSS
Severity: Critical
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 12.33% Top 10%
Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:193 vendor advisory broken link
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201509-04 vendor advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/155270.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2559-1 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/155117.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/155435.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/155483.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/31/2 third party advisory mailing list
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032080 third party advisory vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73436 vdb entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1860 vendor advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/154805.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3220 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/154741.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/29/4 third party advisory mailing list
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=libtasn1.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=4d4f992826a4962790ecd0cce6fbba4a415ce149

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2015-2806?
CVE-2015-2806 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2015-2806?
To fix CVE-2015-2806, 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-2015-2806 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2015-2806 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~12% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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