| Name | CVE-2017-10790 |
| Description | The _asn1_check_identifier function in GNU Libtasn1 through 4.12 causes a NULL pointer dereference and crash when reading crafted input that triggers assignment of a NULL value within an asn1_node structure. It may lead to a remote denial of service attack. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-1038-1, DLA-2255-1, DSA-4106-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 867398 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| libtasn1-6 (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 4.2-3+deb8u5 | fixed |
| stretch (security) | 4.10-1.1+deb9u1 | fixed | |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 4.10-1.1+deb9u2 | fixed | |
| buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 4.13-3+deb10u1 | fixed | |
| bullseye | 4.16.0-2+deb11u1 | fixed | |
| bookworm | 4.19.0-2 | fixed | |
| sid, trixie | 4.19.0-3 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| libtasn1-3 | source | wheezy | 2.13-2+deb7u5 | DLA-1038-1 | ||
| libtasn1-3 | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | |||
| libtasn1-6 | source | jessie | 4.2-3+deb8u4 | DLA-2255-1 | ||
| libtasn1-6 | source | stretch | 4.10-1.1+deb9u1 | DSA-4106-1 | ||
| libtasn1-6 | source | (unstable) | 4.12-2.1 | 867398 |
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1464141
Fixed by: https://gitlab.com/gnutls/libtasn1/commit/d8d805e1f2e6799bb2dff4871a8598dc83088a39