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CVE-2017-6891

HIGH

8.8

CVSS Severity Score

EPSS Score0.0180%

EPSS Percentile13.73th

PublishedMay 22, 2017

Last ModifiedMay 13, 2026

Vulnerability Description

Two errors in the "asn1_find_node()" function (lib/parser_aux.c) within GnuTLS libtasn1 version 4.10 can be exploited to cause a stacked-based buffer overflow by tricking a user into processing a specially crafted assignments file via the e.g. asn1Coding utility.

Affected Platforms (CPE)

📦

Gnu

Libtasn1

= 4.10

💻

Debian

Debian Linux

= 8.0

📦

Apache

Bookkeeper

= 4.12.1

References & Advisories

🔗 http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=libtasn1.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=5520704d075802df25ce4ffccc010ba1641bd484

🔗 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00018.html

🔗 http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3861

🔗 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98641

🔗 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038619

🔗 https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E

🔗 https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E

🔗 https://secuniaresearch.flexerasoftware.com/advisories/76125/

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