[gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 201408-09 ] GNU Libtasn1: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201408-09

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http://security.gentoo.org/

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Severity: Normal

Title: GNU Libtasn1: Multiple vulnerabilities

Date: August 29, 2014

Bugs: #511536

ID: 201408-09

 

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Synopsis

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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in GNU Libtasn1, the

worse of which can allow a context-dependent attacker to cause a Denial

of Service condition.

 

Background

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The ASN.1 library used in GNUTLS.

 

Affected packages

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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected

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1 dev-libs/libtasn1 < 3.6 >= 3.6

 

Description

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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in GNU Libtasn1. Please

review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

 

Impact

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A context-dependent attacker could possibly cause a Denial of Service

condition.

 

Workaround

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There is no known workaround at this time.

 

Resolution

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All GNU Libtasn1 users should upgrade to the latest version:

 

# emerge --sync

# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-libs/libtasn1-3.6"

 

Packages which depend on this library may need to be recompiled. Tools

such as revdep-rebuild may assist in identifying some of these

packages.

 

References

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[ 1 ] CVE-2014-3467

http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-3467

[ 2 ] CVE-2014-3468

http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-3468

[ 3 ] CVE-2014-3469

http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-3469

 

Availability

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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at

the Gentoo Security Website:

 

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201408-09.xml

 

Concerns?

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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the

confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost

importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to

security ( -at -) gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at

https://bugs.gentoo.org.

 

License

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Copyright 2014 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text

belongs to its owner(s).

 

The contents of this document are licensed under the

Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

 

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5