Input validation error in libtASN1 and GnuTLS - CVE-2012-1569
Published: March 26, 2012 / Updated: August 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU44184
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2012-1569
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.
The asn1_get_length_der function in decoding.c in GNU Libtasn1 before 2.12, as used in GnuTLS before 3.0.16 and other products, does not properly handle certain large length values, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted ASN.1 structure.
Affected software
libtASN1
GnuTLS
Amazon Linux AMI
Gentoo Linux
Slackware Linux
GnuTLS
Amazon Linux AMI
Gentoo Linux
Slackware Linux
How to mitigate CVE-2012-1569
Install update from vendor's website.
External References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-03/0099.html
- http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.encryption.gpg.gnutls.devel/5932
- http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gnu.libtasn1.general/53
- http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gnu.libtasn1.general/54
- http://blog.mudynamics.com/2012/03/20/gnutls-and-libtasn1-vulns/
- http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-0596.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/076856.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/076865.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/077284.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/077339.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/078207.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-March/076699.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00001.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0427.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0488.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0531.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48397
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48488
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48505
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48578
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48596
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49002
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50739
- http://secunia.com/advisories/57260
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2440
- http://www.gnu.org/software/gnutls/security.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:039
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/20/3
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/20/8
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/21/5
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026829
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1436-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=804920