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CVE-2021-46848

Published: 25 October 2022

GNU Libtasn1 before 4.19.0 has an ETYPE_OK off-by-one array size check that affects asn1_encode_simple_der.

Notes

AuthorNote
mdeslaur
out of bounds read in API when using invalid value, not likely
to be exploitable in any way

Priority

Low

Cvss 3 Severity Score

9.1

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
libtasn1-6
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Needs triage

focal Needs triage

jammy Needs triage

kinetic Ignored
(end of life, was needs-triage)
lunar Ignored
(end of life, was needs-triage)
mantic Not vulnerable
(4.19.0-2)
trusty Needs triage

upstream
Released (4.19.0-2)
xenial
Released (4.7-3ubuntu0.16.04.3+esm3)
Available with Ubuntu Pro or Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)
Patches:
upstream: https://gitlab.com/gnutls/libtasn1/-/commit/44a700d2051a666235748970c2df047ff207aeb5

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 9.1
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H