DEBIAN-CVE-2017-6891

DEBIAN-CVE-2017-6891 PUBLISHED CVSS 8.800000190734863 HIGH

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.

Risk Scores

CVSS v3.1

8.800000190734863

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Debian:11	libtasn1-6	0, 0, 0
Debian:12	libtasn1-6	0, 0, 0
Debian:14	libtasn1-6	0, 0, 0
Debian:13	libtasn1-6	0, 0, 0

Timeline

May 22, 2017 CVE Published
Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated

References

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-6891 advisory

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