Executive Summary

Summary
Title libksba vulnerability
Informations
Name USN-365-1 First vendor Publication 2006-10-16
Vendor Ubuntu Last vendor Modification 2006-10-16
Severity (Vendor) N/A Revision N/A

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 5 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 2.9 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 10 Authentication None Required
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Detail

A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases:

Ubuntu 5.04

This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu.

The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 5.04:
libksba8 0.9.9-2ubuntu0.5.04

After a standard system upgrade you need to restart your session to effect the necessary changes.

Details follow:

A parsing failure was discovered in the handling of X.509 certificates that contained extra trailing data. Malformed or malicious certificates could cause services using libksba to crash, potentially creating a denial of service.

Original Source

Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-365-1

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 1

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
29598 libksba Malformed X.509 Certificates DoS

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2007-11-10 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-365-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-02-18 Name : The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandrake_MDKSA-2006-183.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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