CVE-2016-4008
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
02 Description
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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 29.40% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 98.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 5.9 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2016-05-05 18:00Z10 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 00:17Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2016-04-13
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 0d417047e2fa511418029d6b4b18f5b7c5f30ce68fe2cf23e8724368024afe5a
05 Affected products
06 References
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201703-05https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201703-05
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2016-048ffb6235http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/182299.html
- git.savannah.gnu.orghttp://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=libtasn1.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a6e0a0b58f5cdaf4e9beca5bce69c09808cbb625
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2957-2http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2957-2
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2016-383b8250e6http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/182907.html
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:1567http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00047.html
- lists.gnu.org[help-libtasn1] 20160411 GNU Libtasn1 4.8 releasedhttps://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-libtasn1/2016-04/msg00009.html
- git.savannah.gnu.orghttp://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=libtasn1.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f435825c0f527a8e52e6ffbc3ad0bc60531d537e
- www.debian.orgDSA-3568http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3568
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:1674http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00097.html
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2016-96bfd9e873http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183221.html
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2957-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2957-1
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160411 Infinite loops parsing malicious DER certificates in libtasn1 4.7http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/11/3
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- libtasn1-6 Fixed in 4.8-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- libtasn1-6 Fixed in 4.8-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- libtasn1-6 Fixed in 4.8-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- libtasn1-6 Fixed in 3.4-3ubuntu0.4
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- libtasn1-6 Fixed in 4.7-3ubuntu0.16.04.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.