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| author |   Kristian Fiskerstrand <k_f@gentoo.org> | 2017-06-22 19:42:20 +0200 |
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| committer | Kristian Fiskerstrand <k_f@gentoo.org> | 2017-06-22 19:42:20 +0200 |
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diff --git a/glsa-201706-22.xml b/glsa-201706-22.xml new file mode 100644 index 00000000..be211ab8 --- /dev/null +++ b/glsa-201706-22.xml @@ -0,0 +1,57 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> +<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> +<glsa id="201706-22"> + <title>libksba: Denial of Service and information disclosure</title> + <synopsis>Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in libksba which might + allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information or crash an + libksba-based application. + </synopsis> + <product type="ebuild">libksba</product> + <announced>2017-06-22</announced> + <revised>2017-06-22: 1</revised> + <bug>592078</bug> + <access>remote</access> + <affected> + <package name="dev-libs/libksba" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="ge">1.3.5</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="lt">1.3.5</vulnerable> + </package> + </affected> + <background> + <p>Libksba is a X.509 and CMS (PKCS#7) library.</p> + </background> + <description> + <p>It was found that an unproportionate amount of memory is allocated when + parsing crafted certificates in libskba, which may lead to Denial of + Service condition. + </p> + + <p>Moreover in libksba 1.3.4, allocated memory is uninitialized and could + potentially contain sensitive data left in freed memory block. + </p> + </description> + <impact type="normal"> + <p>A remote attacker, able to interact with an libksba-based application, + could possibly obtain sensitive information or cause a Denial of Service + condition. + </p> + </impact> + <workaround> + <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p> + </workaround> + <resolution> + <p>All libksba users should upgrade to the latest version:</p> + + <code> + # emerge --sync + # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-libs/libksba-1.3.5" + </code> + + </resolution> + <references> + <uri link="http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-4579">CVE-2016-4579</uri> + <uri link="http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q3/343">Upstream report</uri> + </references> + <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2017-04-19T05:51:10Z">BlueKnight</metadata> + <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2017-06-22T17:42:08Z">whissi</metadata> +</glsa> |