CVE-2016-4579 — Improper Input Validation in Libksba

CWE-20 — Improper Input ValidationCWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read9 documents7 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
1.2%
top 21.37%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
4
Gnupg LibksbaDebian LibksbaCanonical Ubuntu Linux+1 more
Timeline
PublishedJun 13
Latest updateMay 13

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."

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages5 packages

▶debiandebian/libksba< libksba 1.3.4-3 (bookworm)
▶Debiangnupg/libksba< 1.3.4-3+3
▶Ubuntugnupg/libksba< 1.3.0-3ubuntu0.14.04.2+1
▶NVDgnupg/libksba1.3.3
▶NVDopensuse/leap42.1

Also affects: Ubuntu Linux 12.04, 14.04, 15.10, 16.04

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-rjw4-277h-vv44: Libksba before 1↗2022-05-13
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OSV
CVE-2016-4579: Libksba before 1↗2016-06-13
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OSV
libksba vulnerabilities↗2016-05-17
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
Libksba vulnerabilities↗2016-05-17
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Red Hat
libksba: Out-of-bounds read in _ksba_ber_parse_tl↗2016-05-10
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Debian
CVE-2016-4579: libksba - Libksba before 1.3.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-o...↗2016
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-4579 libksba: Out-of-bounds read in _ksba_ber_parse_tl↗2016-05-12
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Bugzilla
CVE-2016-4574 CVE-2016-4579 libksba: various flaws [fedora-all]↗2016-05-10
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CVE-2016-4579 — Improper Input Validation in Libksba | cvebase