7.5high

CVE-2018-6003

An issue was discovered in the _asn1_decode_simple_ber function in decoding.c in GNU Libtasn1 before 4.13.

Published 8 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
7.5
v3.1 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
2.8%
percentile 87%
Public exploits
0
none known

Summary

An issue was discovered in the _asn1_decode_simple_ber function in decoding.c in GNU Libtasn1 before 4.13. Unlimited recursion in the BER decoder leads to stack exhaustion and DoS.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

2.83% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 87% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.17.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD2.05.0AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness

References

  • gitlab.com /gnutls/libtasn1/commit/946565d8eb05fbf7970ea366e817581bb5a90910 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • bugzilla.suse.com /show_bug.cgi?id=1076832 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • bugzilla.redhat.com /show_bug.cgi?id=1535926 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • debian.org /security/2018/dsa-4106 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN, x_transferred
  • git.savannah.nongnu.org /cgit/libtasn1.git/commit/?id=c593ae84cfcde8fea45787e53950e0ac71e9ca97 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • lists.apache.org /thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkee · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred
  • lists.apache.org /thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkee · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred

Sources

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