NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting libtasn1-6 package, versions <4.10-1.1+deb9u1
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
Availability
High
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
1.91% (89th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN9-LIBTASN16-339623
- published 2 Jul 2017
- disclosed 2 Jul 2017
Introduced: 2 Jul 2017
CVE-2017-10790 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:9
libtasn1-6
to version 4.10-1.1+deb9u1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libtasn1-6
package and not the libtasn1-6
package as distributed by Debian
.
See How to fix?
for Debian:9
relevant fixed versions and status.
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.