Executive Summary

Informations
Name CVE-2016-4008 First vendor Publication 2016-05-05
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2023-11-07

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Overall CVSS Score 5.9
Base Score 5.9 Environmental Score 5.9
impact SubScore 3.6 Temporal Score 5.9
Exploitabality Sub Score 2.2
 
Attack Vector Network Attack Complexity High
Privileges Required None User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None Availability Impact High
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 4.3 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 2.9 Attack Complexity Medium
Cvss Expoit Score 8.6 Authentication None Required
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Detail

The _asn1_extract_der_octet function in lib/decoding.c in GNU Libtasn1 before 4.8, when used without the ASN1_DECODE_FLAG_STRICT_DER flag, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite recursion) via a crafted certificate.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-4008

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-399 Resource Management Errors

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 54
Os 4
Os 3
Os 1

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2018-08-17 Name : The remote PhotonOS host is missing multiple security updates.
File : PhotonOS_PHSA-2016-0013.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-03-28 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-201703-05.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-08-29 Name : The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.
File : suse_SU-2016-1600-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-08-29 Name : The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.
File : suse_SU-2016-1601-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-06-28 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : openSUSE-2016-773.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-06-15 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : openSUSE-2016-716.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-05-31 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security update.
File : debian_DLA-495.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-05-06 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-3568.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-05-03 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-2957-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-05-03 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.
File : ubuntu_USN-2957-2.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-04-28 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2016-96bfd9e873.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-04-22 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2016-048ffb6235.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-04-22 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2016-383b8250e6.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-04-21 Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update.
File : freebsd_pkg_1b0d2938076611e694fa002590263bf5.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=libtasn1.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a6e0a0b58f5...
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=libtasn1.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f435825c0f5...
Source Url
DEBIAN http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3568
FEDORA http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/182299.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/182907.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183221.html
GENTOO https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201703-05
MLIST http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/11/3
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-libtasn1/2016-04/msg00009.html
SUSE http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00047.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00097.html
UBUNTU http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2957-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2957-2

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