CVE-2016-4579

Description

Libksba before 1.3.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and crash) via unspecified vectors, related to the "returned length of the object from _ksba_ber_parse_tl."

Category

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.80% Top 30%
Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory gentoo.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2982-1 vendor advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/11/10 mailing list
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00028.html vendor advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-22 vendor advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/10/8 mailing list
http://git.gnupg.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=libksba.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a7eed17a0b2a1c09ef986f3b4b323cd31cea2b64

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2016-4579?
CVE-2016-4579 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2016-4579?
To fix CVE-2016-4579, 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-2016-4579 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2016-4579 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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