High severity · published Jun 13, 2016
CVE-2016-4579
Libksba before 1.3.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and crash) via unspecified vectors, related to the "returned length of the object…
7.5
CVSS
3.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Libksba before 1.3.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and crash) via unspecified vectors, related to the "returned length of the object from _ksba_ber_parse_tl."
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)3.3% · higher than 89% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LE
Leap · Opensuse
42.1 · source: NVD
LI
Libksba · Gnupg
through 1.3.3 · source: NVD
UL
Ubuntu Linux · Canonical
12.04; 14.04; 15.10; 16.04 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4579
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-4579
git.gnupg.org
http://git.gnupg.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=libksba.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a7eed17a0b2a1c09ef986f3b4b323cd31cea2b64
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00028.html
www.openwall.com
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/10/8
www.openwall.com
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/11/10
www.ubuntu.com
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2982-1
security.gentoo.org
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-22
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